Pseudoscaptia

Pseudoscaptia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1914. Its only species, Pseudoscaptia rothschildi, was first described by Max Wilhelm Karl Draudt in 1912.[1] It is found in the north-eastern Himalayas, Vietnam, Thailand, as well as on Malacca, Sumatra, Java and Borneo.[2] The habitat consists of lowland forests, including secondary forests.[3]

Pseudoscaptia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Pseudoscaptia
Hampson, 1914
Species:
P. rothschildi
Binomial name
Pseudoscaptia rothschildi
(Draudt, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Scaptesyle rothschildi Draudt, 1912
  • Scaptesyle bicolor Rothschild, 1912 (non Walker, [1865])

References
  1. Savela, Markku. "Pseudoscaptia Hampson, 1914". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 11, 2019.
  2. Dubatolov, V. V. (2012). "New genus, species and faunistic records of lichen-moths (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Lithosiinae) from Vietnam" (PDF). Euroasian Entomological Journal. 11 (6): 507–512, 506, III.
  3. Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. "Pseudoscaptia rothschildi Draudt". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved October 7, 2019.


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