Upothenia

Upothenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Genus:	Upothenia; Schaus, 1913
Species:	U. acutipennis
Binomial name
	Upothenia acutipennis; (Schaus, 1912)
Synonyms
	Generic; Hypothenia Schaus; Specific; Megachyta acutipennis Schaus, 1912;

Upothenia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Upothenia acutipennis, is known from Costa Rica. Both the genus and the species were first described by Schaus, the genus in 1913 and the species one year earlier.[1][2][3]

References

Savela, Markku (February 19, 2012). "Upothenia Schaus, 1913". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Upothenia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved February 1, 2020.
Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Upothenia Schaus, 1913". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved February 1, 2020.

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[1] Savela, Markku (February 19, 2012). "Upothenia Schaus, 1913". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 1, 2020.

[2] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Upothenia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved February 1, 2020.

[3] Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Upothenia Schaus, 1913". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved February 1, 2020.