Conilepia nigricosta (Leech, 1888) is a animal in the Erebidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Conilepia nigricosta (Leech, 1888)
Conilepia nigricosta is the only species of the monotypic moth genus Conilepia (Arctiinae), found in Japan and Taiwan.
Conilepia is a monotypic moth genus belonging to the subfamily Arctiinae. George Hampson first erected this genus in 1900. The genus contains just one species: Conilepia nigricosta, which was originally described by John Henry Leech in 1888. This species has been recorded in Japan and Taiwan.
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Xenosoma flaviceps Walker, 1865
Oxycilla mitographa Grote, 1873
Oraesia emarginata (Fabricius, 1794)
Paralacydes vocula Stoll, 1790
Paracles severa Berg, 1875
Lymantria nephrographa Turner, 1915
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