Eriostepta sanguinea

Eriostepta sanguinea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subtribe: Phaegopterina
Genus: Eriostepta
Species: E. sanguinea
Binomial name
Eriostepta sanguinea
(Hampson, 1905)[1]
Synonyms
  • Araeomolis sanguinea Hampson, 1905

Eriostepta sanguinea is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by British entomologist George Hampson in 1905, originally under the genus Araeomolis; Hervé de Toulgoët transferred it to Eriostepta in 1993.[2] It is found in French Guyana, Guyana, Amazonas and Peru.[3]

References

  1. Eriostepta at funet
  2. De Toulgoët, Herve (1993). "A review of the genus Araeomolis Hampson, 1901 and description of a new species from Latin America (43rd note) (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae)". Revue Française d'Entomologie (Nouvelle Serie) (in French). 15 (3): 119–122.
  3. Arctiinae and Pericopinae of French Guyana


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