Nechesia

Nechesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Erebidae
Subfamily:
Hypeninae
Genus:
Nechesia

Walker, 1862
Species:
N. albotentata
Binomial name
Nechesia albotentata
Walker, 1862

Nechesia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Nechesia albotentata, is found in Borneo. Both the genus and the species were first described by Francis Walker in 1862.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Savela, Markku (March 5, 2012). "Nechesia Walker, 1862". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  2. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Nechesia​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  3. ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Nechesia Walker, 1862". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved March 6, 2020.