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Balacra compsa

Balacra compsa is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Karl Jordan in 1904. It is found in Angola, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda.

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Balacra compsa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Genus: Balacra
Species:
B. compsa
Binomial name
Balacra compsa
(Jordan, 1904)
Synonyms
  • Pseudapiconoma compsa Jordan, 1904
  • Pseudapiconoma fenestrata Jordan, 1904
  • Pseudapiconoma melaena Hampson, 1905
  • Pseudapiconoma stigmatica Grünberg, 1907
  • Pseudapiconoma vitreata Rothschild, 1910

Balacra compsa is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Karl Jordan in 1904. It is found in Angola, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda.1

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Balacra compsa (Jordan, 1904)". Afromoths. Retrieved August 15, 2019.