Xanthophaeina

Xanthophaeina levis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Arctiini
Subtribe: Phaegopterina
Genus: Xanthophaeina
Hampson, 1901
Species: X. levis
Binomial name
Xanthophaeina levis
(Druce, 1899)
Synonyms
  • Phaegoptera levis Druce, 1899

Xanthophaeina is a genus of arctiine tussock moths in the Erebidae family. The genus contains only one species, Xanthophaeina levis, which is found in Colombia[1] and Brazil.[2]

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