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Dinometa
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Dinometa

Species:
D. maputuana
Binomial name
Dinometa maputuana
(Wichgraf, 1906)
Synonyms
  • Gastroplakaeis maputuana Wichgraf 1906

Dinometa is a monotypic moth genus in the family Lasiocampidae erected by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1927. Its only species, Dinometa maputuana, described by Wichgraf in 1906, is found in Mozambique, [1] South Africa and Tanzania. [2] [3]

References

  1. ^ (in German) Wichgraf, F. (1913). "Eine neue äthiopische Limacodidae und anderes". Internationale Entomologische Zeitschrift, Guben 7:13–14
  2. ^ "Taxonomy Browser: Dinometa maputuana". Barcode of Life Data System. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
  3. ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Dinometa maputuana (Wichgraf, 1906)". Afromoths. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
  4. ^ Prozorov, Alexey M.; Prozorova, Tatiana A.; Yakovlev, Roman V.; Volkova, Julia S.; Saldaitis, Aidas; Sulak, Harald; Revay, Edita & Müller, Günter C. 2024. Description of two new species of Dinometa from East Africa with remarks on D. maputuana (Lepidoptera, Lasiocampidae, Lasiocampinae). Zootaxa 5397(4): 486—496. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5397.4.2