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Nipponasura

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Nipponasura
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Tribe: Lithosiini
Genus: Nipponasura
Inoue, 1965
Species:
N. sanguinea
Binomial name
Nipponasura sanguinea
Inoue, 1965

Nipponasura is a monotypic moth genus in the subfamily Arctiinae. Its single species, Nipponasura sanguinea, is found in Japan. Both the genus and species were first described by Hiroshi Inoue in 1965.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Nipponasura sanguinea​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
  2. ^ ニワカガマニア; 川上洋一 & 神保宇嗣. "マエベニコケガ Nipponasura sanguinea Inoue, 1965". みんなで作る日本産蛾類図鑑 [An Identification Guide of Japanese Moths Compiled by Everyone] (in Japanese). Retrieved October 28, 2019.