Cladenia

Cladenia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Cladenia mocha, is found in Suriname. Both the genus and the species were first described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1880.[1][2]

Cladenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Erebidae
Subfamily:
Calpinae
Genus:
Cladenia

Möschler, 1880
Species:
C. mocha
Binomial name
Cladenia mocha
Möschler, 1880
Synonyms
  • Cladenia venosa Schaus, 1911

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Cladenia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
  2. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Cladenia Möschler, 1880". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved May 31, 2020.


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