Pleonotrocta
| Pleonotrocta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Calpinae |
| Genus: | Hampson, 1926 |
| Species: | P. xerota
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| Binomial name | |
| Pleonotrocta xerota Hampson, 1926
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Pleonotrocta is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Pleonotrocta xerota, is found in Peru. Both the genus and species were first described by George Hampson in 1926.[1][2][3]
References
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pleonotrocta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- ^ Savela, Markku (June 16, 2019). "Pleonotrocta Hampson, 1926". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 25, 2020.
- ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Pleonotrocta Hampson, 1926". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved June 25, 2020.