Phaloe cubana is a moth in the subfamily Arctiinae first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1866. It is found in Central America (including Guatemala and Belize),[1] Mexico and Cuba.[2]

Phaloe cubana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Phaloe
Species:
P. cubana
Binomial name
Phaloe cubana
Synonyms
  • Pericopis cubana Herrich-Schäffer, 1866
  • Sphaeromachia cubana
  • Phaloe gaumeri Druce, 1884
  • Dysschema gaumeri
  • Sphaeromachia gaumeri

References

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  1. ^ "Taxonomy Browser: Sphaeromachia cubana". Barcode of Life Data System. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
  2. ^ Becker, Vitor O. (2002). "The Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera) from Cuba described by Herrich-Schäffer and Gundlach in the Gundlach Collection, Havana" (PDF). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 19 (2): 349–391. doi:10.1590/S0101-81752002000200006. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 29, 2013.