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Eligma malgassica

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Eligma malgassica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Nolidae
Genus: Eligma
Species:
E. malgassica
Binomial name
Eligma malgassica

Eligma malgassica is a moth in the family Nolidae. This species was first described by Walter Rothschild in 1896 and is endemic to Madagascar.[1][2]

Notes

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The Afromoths database refers to the species as Eligma malagassica[3] as does the Global Lepidoptera Names Index of the Natural History Museum, London.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Eligma malgassica Rothschild, 1896". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  2. ^ Rothschild, Walter; Jordan, Karl (1896). "Notes on Heterocera, with Descriptions of New Genera and Species". Novitates Zoologicae. 3: 57. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  3. ^ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Eligma malagassica Rothschild, 1896". Afromoths. Retrieved November 12, 2017.
  4. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Eligma malgassica​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 2, 2018.