Biology:Metaprionota

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Short description: Genus of moths

Metaprionota
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Metaprionota

Hampson, 1926
Species:
M. sculpta
Binomial name
Metaprionota sculpta
Felder, 1874

Metaprionota is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1926. Its only species, Metaprionota sculpta, was first described by Felder in 1874. It is found in French Guiana.[1]

Butterflies and Moths of the World gives this name as a synonym of Lepidodes Guenée, 1852.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q6823167 entry