Eriostepta sanguinea
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Eriostepta |
| Species: | E. sanguinea
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| Binomial name | |
| Eriostepta sanguinea (Hampson, 1905)
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Eriostepta sanguinea is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by British entomologist George Hampson in 1905, originally under the genus Araeomolis;[1] Hervé de Toulgoët transferred it to Eriostepta in 1993.[2] It is found in French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, and the Brazilian state of Amazonas.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku. "Eriostepta sanguinea (Hampson, 1905)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
- ^ Toulgoët, Herve de (1993). "A review of the genus Araeomolis Hampson, 1901 and description of a new species from Latin America (43rd note) (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae)". Revue Française d'Entomologie. Nouvelle Série (in French). 15 (3): 119–122.
- ^ Toulgoët, Hervé de & Navatte, Jocelyne (2000). "Eriostepta sanguinea (Hampson, 1905)". Illustrated Catalogue of the Arctiidae Arctiinae and Pericopinae of French Guyana Found in the Collection of the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris. Retrieved September 16, 2019.