Dionychoscelis

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Dionychoscelis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Subkingdom: Eumetazoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Division: Ditrysia
Family: Arctiidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Tribe: Spilosomini
Genus: Dionychoscelis
Aurivillius, 1922
Species: D. venata
Binomial name
Dionychoscelis venata
Aurivillius, 1922
Synonyms
  • Monarctia Talbot, 1929
  • Monarctia lactea Talbot, 1929

Dionychoscelis is a monotypic genus of moth in the family Arctiidae from the Afrotropics. It includes one species, Dionychoscelis venata, which is found in Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo.[1]

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