Asplenia melanodonta
Species of moth
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Asplenia melanodonta is the only species in the monotypic moth genus Asplenia of the family Noctuidae. The species is found in Africa. Both the genus and the species were first described by George Hampson, the genus in 1916 and the species in 1896.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Subfamily: | Acontiinae |
| Tribe: | Armadini |
| Genus: | Asplenia Hampson, 1916 |
| Species: | A. melanodonta
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| Binomial name | |
| Asplenia melanodonta (Hampson, 1896)
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Species synonymy
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The subspecies Asplenia melanodonta chloridina is sometimes recognized as a species of this genus.[3][4]
References
- ^ "Asplenia melanodonta". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2024-09-15.
- ^ Savela, Markku (October 10, 2004). "Asplenia Hampson, 1916". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
- ^ 3.0 3.1 De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Asplenia melanodonta (Hampson, 1896)". Afromoths. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
- ^ "Asplenia". GBIF, Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2021-11-19.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (2023). "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/s93616qw.
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