Stenoplastis flavinigra

Stenoplastis flavinigra is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found from Choco in north-western Colombia south to Pichincha in Ecuador. It occurs at low to mid elevations between 100 and 1,000 meters.

Stenoplastis flavinigra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Stenoplastis
Species:
S. flavinigra
Binomial name
Stenoplastis flavinigra
(Dognin, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Momonipta flavinigra Dognin, 1910

It is the smallest species in the genus Stenoplastis.

References

  • Miller, James S. (2009). "Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 321 (2): 1–676. hdl:2246/5978.


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