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Eudalaca sanctahelena

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Eudalaca sanctahelena
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Eudalaca
Species:
E. sanctahelena
Binomial name
Eudalaca sanctahelena
Viette, 1951

Eudalaca sanctahelena is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It was described from Saint Helena, from which its species epithet is derived.[1] However, research suggests it is not from Saint Helena, but probably southern Africa.

References

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  1. ^ Nielsen, Ebbe S.; Robinson, Gaden S.; Wagner, David L. (2000). "Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera )" (PDF). Journal of Natural History. 34 (6): 823–878. doi:10.1080/002229300299282. S2CID 86004391.
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