Scea subcyanea

Scea subcyanea is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in Peru.

Scea subcyanea
Female, collected at Machu Picchu in 2001.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Notodontidae
Genus:	Scea
Species:	S. subcyanea
Binomial name
Scea subcyanea Prout, 1918[1][2]
Synonyms[1]
Scea caesiopicta subcyanea Prout, 1918

Taxonomic history

Louis Beethoven Prout initially described this taxon in 1918 as the subspecies Scea caesiopicta subcyanea;^[2] S. caesiopicta is now considered a junior synonym of Scea gigantea. The type locality was given as "Carabaya, S.E. Peru, Oconeque to Aqualani, 6,000–9,000 ft".^[2]

James S. Miller elevated S. subcyanea to species level in 2009.^[3]