Sphrageidus | |
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Sphrageidus similis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Erebidae |
Tribe: | Nygmiini |
Genus: | Sphrageidus Maes, 1984 |
Sphrageidus is a genus of tussock moths in the family Erebidae. It is considered a synonym of the related genus Euproctis by some authors, but still recognized as valid by others (e.g.[1]), and supported as distinct in molecular phylogenetic studies.[2]