Cymaroa grisea Thunberg, 1784 is a animal in the Erebidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Cymaroa grisea Thunberg, 1784

Cymaroa grisea Thunberg, 1784

Cymaroa grisea is the only species of the monotypic tiger moth genus Cymaroa, found in Lesotho, Namibia, and South Africa.

Family
Genus
Cymaroa
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Cymaroa grisea Thunberg, 1784

Cymaroa is a monotypic genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. This genus was first erected by George Hampson in 1905. It contains only one species, Cymaroa grisea, which was originally described by Carl Peter Thunberg in 1784. This species is found in Lesotho, Namibia, and South Africa.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Erebidae Cymaroa

More from Erebidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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