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''Grammodes microgonia'' is a
moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
of the family Erebidae first described by
George Hampson Sir George Francis Hampson, 10th Baronet (14 January 1860 – 15 October 1936) was an English entomologist. Hampson studied at Charterhouse School and Exeter College, Oxford. He travelled to India to become a tea-planter in the Nilgiri Hills ...
in 1910.


Distribution

This species is known from
Zambia Zambia (), officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central, Southern and East Africa, although it is typically referred to as being in Southern Africa at its most central point. Its neighbours are ...
.


References

*Hampson, G. F. (1910)
"Zoological collections from Northern Rhodesia and adjacent territories: Lepidoptera Phalaenae"
''Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London''. 1910 (2): 388–510, pls. 36–41. Endemic fauna of Zambia Ophiusina Moths described in 1910 {{Catocalini-stub