Mania aegisthus

Mania aegisthus is a moth of the family Sematuridae. It is found in Cuba, Jamaica[1] and Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti) in the Caribbean.[2]

Mania aegisthus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Sematuridae
Genus:
Mania
Species:
M. aegisthus
Binomial name
Mania aegisthus
(Fabricius, 1781)
Synonyms
  • Papilio aegisthus Fabricius, 1781
  • Sematura aegisthus (Fabricius, 1781)
  • Sematura aegistus Auctt. (Missp.)
  • Nothus aegistus Auctt. (Missp.)
  • Mania lunigeraria Hübner, 1823
  • Sematura excavatus Walker, 1854
  • Sematura phoebe Guenée, 1857

References
  1. Moths of Jamaica
  2. Turner, Thomas; Turland, Vaughan A. (2022-10-29). "Scientific Note: Clarification of the nomenclature and distribution of Mania aegisthus (Fabricius, 1781) (Lepidoptera: Geometroidea: Sematuridae)". Tropical Lepidoptera Research: 113–117. ISSN 2575-9256.


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