Pseudoscaptia

Pseudoscaptia is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1914. Its only species, Pseudoscaptia rothschildi, was first described by Max Wilhelm Karl Draudt in 1912.^[1] It is found in the north-eastern Himalayas, Vietnam, Thailand, as well as on Malacca, Sumatra, Java and Borneo.^[2] The habitat consists of lowland forests, including secondary forests.^[3]

Pseudoscaptia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Erebidae
Subfamily:	Arctiinae
Genus:	Pseudoscaptia Hampson, 1914
Species:	P. rothschildi
Binomial name
Pseudoscaptia rothschildi (Draudt, 1912)
Synonyms
Scaptesyle rothschildi Draudt, 1912 Scaptesyle bicolor Rothschild, 1912 (non Walker, [1865])