''Semioptila lydia'' 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 ...
in the
Himantopteridae
The Himantopteridae are a family of moths in the superfamily Zygaenoidea
The Zygaenoidea comprise the superfamily of moths that includes burnet moths, forester moths, and relatives.
The families are:
* Aididae
* Anomoeotidae
* Cyclotornidae ...
family. It was described by
Gustav Weymer
Gustav Weymer (1833–1914) was a German entomologist.
He described many new taxa of butterflies from specimens collected by Alphons Stübel
in South America.
His own collections and those he worked on are conserved in Museum für Naturk ...
in 1908. It is found in
Angola
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References
Endemic fauna of Angola
Moths described in 1908
Himantopteridae
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