Mallodeta

Mallodeta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Tribe:	Arctiini
Subtribe:	Euchromiina
Genus:	Mallodeta; Butler, 1876
Species:	M. clavata
Binomial name
	Mallodeta clavata; (Walker, 1854)
Synonyms
	Generic Lycorea Walker, 1854 (preocc. Doubleday, 1847); ; Specific Glaucopis clavata Walker, 1854; Mallodeta simplex Rothschild, 1931; ;

Mallodeta is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1876. Its single species, Mallodeta clavata, was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in Brazil and Paraguay.^[1]

Former species[edit]

Mallodeta cubana Gaede, 1926 now Phoenicoprocta capistrata (Fabricius, 1775)
Mallodeta partheni (Fabricius, 1793) now Phoenicoprocta partheni (Fabricius, 1793)
Mallodeta consors Walker, 1854 now Erruca consors (Walker, 1854)
Mallodeta sanguipuncta Druce, 1898 now Erruca sanguipuncta Druce, 1898

^ Savela, Markku. "Mallodeta Butler, 1876". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 7, 2018.

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