Gargettoscrancia

Gargettoscrancia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Scranciidae
Genus: Gargettoscrancia
Strand, 1912
Species:
G. albolineata
Binomial name
Gargettoscrancia albolineata
(Strand, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Scrancia (Gargettoscrancia) albolineata Strand, 1912

Gargettoscrancia is a monotypic moth genus in the family of Scranciidae.[1][2] The genus was previously placed in family Notodontidae.[3] Its only species, Gargettoscrancia albolineata, is found in Equatorial Guinea and Ivory Coast.[4] Both the genus and species were first described by Embrik Strand in 1912.

References

  1. ^ Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris; Ollerenshaw, Justin; Wing, Peter; Hobern, Donald. Hobern, Donald (ed.). "Scranciidae Miller, 1991". Global Lepidoptera Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 15 November 2025 – via ChecklistBank.
  2. ^ "Scranciidae Miller, 1991". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 15 November 2025.
  3. ^ St Laurent, Ryan A.; Goldstein, Paul Z.; Miller, Scott E.; Robbins, Robert K. (2024). "Hiding in Plain Sight: Phylogenomics Reveals a New Branch on the Noctuoidea Tree of Life". Systematic Entomology. 49: 258–278. bioRxiv 10.1101/2023.03.10.529269. doi:10.1111/syen.12614.
  4. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Gargettoscrancia albolineata (Strand, 1912)". Afromoths. Retrieved July 29, 2019.