Phoeniostacta haematobasis Hampson, 1898 is a animal in the Erebidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Phoeniostacta haematobasis Hampson, 1898

Phoeniostacta haematobasis Hampson, 1898

Phoeniostacta haematobasis is the only species in the monotypic Arctiinae moth genus Phoeniostacta, found in Brazil's Santa Catarina.

Family
Genus
Phoeniostacta
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Phoeniostacta haematobasis Hampson, 1898

Phoeniostacta is a monotypic moth genus that belongs to the subfamily Arctiinae. This genus contains only one species, Phoeniostacta haematobasis Hampson, 1898, which is found in Santa Catarina, Brazil. Both the genus Phoeniostacta and the species Phoeniostacta haematobasis were first described by George Hampson in 1898.

Photo: (c) Roberto Cyrino, all rights reserved, uploaded by Roberto Cyrino

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Erebidae Phoeniostacta

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

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