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Hyalinetta

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Hyalinetta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Hyalinetta
C. Swinhoe, 1894
Species:
H. megaspila
Binomial name
Hyalinetta megaspila
(Moore, [1868])
Synonyms
  • Leptesthes Warren, 1894

Hyalinetta is a monotypic moth genus in the family Geometridae described by Charles Swinhoe in 1894. Its only species, Hyalinetta megaspila, was first described by Frederic Moore in 1868. It is found in the Bengal region of what was then British India.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku (ed.). "Hyalinetta Swinhoe, 1894". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 21, 2019.