Phaeochlaena gyon

Phaeochlaena gyon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Notodontidae
Subfamily:	Dioptinae
Tribe:	Dioptini
Genus:	Phaeochlaena
Species:	P. gyon
Binomial name
*Phaeochlaena gyon* (Fabricius, 1787)
Synonyms
Zygaena gyon Fabricius, 1787 Phaeochlaena dorsistriga Strand, 1920 Phaeochlaena fucata Prout, 1918 Phaeochlaena obtecta Moschler, 1877 Phaeochlaena ochrophanes Prout, 1918 Actea remota Walker, 1856 Phaeochlaena tendinosa Hubner, 1818

Phaeochlaena gyon is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is endemic to the Guyana Shield and points west, at least as far as the Upper Amazon Basin of Colombia and Ecuador.

References

Miller, J.S. 2009: Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 321: 1-674.

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