Phaeochlaena gyon

Phaeochlaena gyon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Notodontidae
Subfamily: Dioptinae
Tribe: Dioptini
Genus: Phaeochlaena
Species: P. gyon
Binomial name
Phaeochlaena gyon
(Fabricius, 1787)
Synonyms
  • Zygaena gyon Fabricius, 1787
  • Phaeochlaena dorsistriga Strand, 1920
  • Phaeochlaena fucata Prout, 1918
  • Phaeochlaena obtecta Moschler, 1877
  • Phaeochlaena ochrophanes Prout, 1918
  • Actea remota Walker, 1856
  • Phaeochlaena tendinosa Hubner, 1818

Phaeochlaena gyon is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is endemic to the Guyana Shield and points west, at least as far as the Upper Amazon Basin of Colombia and Ecuador.

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