Stenostygia
| Stenostygia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Subfamily: | Acontiinae |
| Genus: | Hampson, 1910 |
| Species: | S. nigritula
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| Binomial name | |
| Stenostygia nigritula (Hampson, 1896)
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Stenostygia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Stenostygia nigritula, is found in Sri Lanka. Both the genus and species were first described by George Hampson, the genus in 1910 and the species 14 years earlier in 1896.[1][2][3]
References
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Stenostygia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
- ^ Savela, Markku (August 28, 2019). "Stenostygia Hampson, 1910". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 18, 2020.
- ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Stenostygia Hampson, 1910". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/s93616qw. Retrieved October 18, 2020.