Stauropussa is a monotypic moth genus of the family of Notodontidae erected by Embrik Strand in 1912. Its only species, Stauropussa chloe, was first described by William Jacob Holland in 1893. It is found in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Togo.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Notodontidae |
| Subfamily: | Notodontinae |
| Genus: | Stauropussa Strand, 1912 |
| Species: | S. chloe
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| Stauropussa chloe (Holland, 1893)
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References
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- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Stauropussa chloe (Holland, 1893)". Afromoths. Retrieved July 29, 2019.
- Strand, E. (1915). "Einige exotische, insbesondere afrikanische Heterocera". Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 81 (A)(2): 129–134.
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