Tornosinus
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Genus: | Tornosinus Bethune-Baker, 1906
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Species: | T. niger
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Tornosinus niger Bethune-Baker, 1906
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Tornosinus is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Tornosinus niger, is known from New Guinea. Both the genus and the species were first described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1906.[1][2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku (March 4, 2012). "Tornosinus Bethune-Baker, 1906". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Tornosinus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
- ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Tornosinus Bethune-Baker, 1906". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved March 11, 2020.