Saurita tetraema is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by William Trowbridge Merrifield Forbes in 1939. It is found on Barro Colorado Island in the middle of the Panama Canal.[1][2]

Saurita tetraema
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Saurita
Species:
S. tetraema
Binomial name
Saurita tetraema
Forbes, 1939

Note: The Global Lepidoptera Names Index and Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms both give the authority as "Fabes", but the original description, linked below, was by William T. M. Forbes.

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Saurita tetraema​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku. "Saurita tetraema Fabes, 1939". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 29, 2019.
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