Pheia nanata is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by William James Kaye in 1919. According to Kaye, it has a black head and shoulders with metallic green spots. The first segment of its abdomen has sublateral red spots, and faint green dorsal spots.[1] It is found in Peru.[2]

Pheia nanata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Pheia
Species:
P. nanata
Binomial name
Pheia nanata
Kaye, 1919

References

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  1. ^ Kaye, W.J. (1918). "Descriptions from the Joicey collection of new species of Syntomidae, Nymphalidae, and Hesperidae, and two genera of Syntomidae". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 2 (9): 225–232. doi:10.1080/00222931808562370.
  2. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Pheia nanata​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 12, 2018.