Eriostepta nigripuncta

Eriostepta nigripuncta is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by James John Joicey and George Talbot in 1918, originally under the genus Araeomolis.[2] It is found in French Guiana, Peru and Bolivia.[3]

Eriostepta nigripuncta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Eriostepta
Species:
E. nigripuncta
Binomial name
Eriostepta nigripuncta
(Joicey & Talbot, 1918)
Synonyms[1]
  • Araeomolis nigripuncta Joicey & Talbot, 1918

References
  1. Joicey, J. J.; Talbot, G. (1918). "New South-American Arctiidae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1917 (3–4): 266. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1917.tb02066.x; Pl. 1, Fig. 6. {{cite journal}}: External link in |postscript= (help)CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  2. Savela, Markku. "Eriostepta nigripuncta (Joicey & Talbot, 1918)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
  3. Toulgoët, Hervé de & Navatte, Jocelyne (2000). "Eriostepta nigripuncta (Joicey & Talbot, 1918)". Illustrated Catalogue of the Arctiidae Arctiinae and Pericopinae of French Guyana Found in the Collection of the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris. Retrieved September 16, 2019.

Further reading
  • Hampson, George F. (1920). "Araemolis nigripuncta". Catalogue of the Lithosiadae (Arctianae) and Phalaenoididae in the Collection of the British Museum. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. Supplement. Vol. 2. London: Taylor and Francis. p. 77.


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