Massala (moth)
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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: | Eulepidotinae |
| Genus: | Massala Walker, 1865 |
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Massala is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1865.[2][3]
Species
[edit]- Massala abdara (Herrich-Schäffer, [1869]) Venezuela
- Massala asema Hampson, 1926 Antilles
- Massala carthia Schaus, 1904 southeast Brazil
- Massala dimidiata Walker, 1865 Jamaica
- Massala dorsilinea (Dyar, 1909) Guyana
- Massala ernestina Dognin, 1912 Bolivia
- Massala hieroglyphica (Walker, 1867) Colombia
- Massala maculifera (Maassen, 1890) Peru
- Massala marmona Schaus, 1904 Brazil (São Paulo)
- Massala obvertens (Walker, 1858) Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Guatemala
References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Massala". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
- ^ Savela, Markku (June 19, 2019). "Massala Walker, 1865". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Massala". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved January 22, 2020.