Semicalamidia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae erected by Rob de Vos in 2012. Its only species, Semicalamidia owgarra, was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1908.[1] It is found in Papua New Guinea where its habitat consists of mountainous areas.[2]
Semicalamidia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
Genus: | Semicalamidia De Vos, 2012 |
Species: | S. owgarra
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Binomial name | |
Semicalamidia owgarra (Bethune-Baker, 1908)
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References
edit- ^ Savela, Markku. "Semicalamidia de Vos, 2012". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
- ^ De Vos, Rob. "Semicalamidia owgarra (Bethune-Baker, 1908) | The Tigermoths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini) of Papua Indonesia". Papua-Insects.nl. The Papua Insects Foundation.