Muxta

Muxta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Arctiidae
Genus: Muxta
Birket-Smith, 1965
Species: M. xanthopa
Binomial name
Muxta xanthopa
(Holland, 1893)
Synonyms
  • Lepista xanthopa Holland, 1893
  • Tigrioides termineola Hampson, 1907

Muxta is a genus of moths in the family Arctiidae. It contains the single species Muxta xanthopa, which is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria and Uganda.[1]

References



This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, March 04, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.