Disticta atava Felder, 1874 is a animal in the Erebidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Disticta atava Felder, 1874

Disticta atava Felder, 1874

Disticta is a monotypic moth genus whose only species Disticta atava is found in southern Africa.

Family
Genus
Disticta
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Disticta atava Felder, 1874

Disticta is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae, erected by George Hampson in 1902. It contains only one species, Disticta atava, which was first described by Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875. This species is found in Eswatini, Mozambique and South Africa.

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Taxonomy

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Lepidoptera › Erebidae › Disticta

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

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