Cometaster

Cometaster is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1913. Its only species, Cometaster pyrula, the faint owl moth or ying-yang moth, was first described by Carl Heinrich Hopffer in 1857.

Faint owl moth
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Cometaster

Hampson, 1913
Species:
C. pyrula
Binomial name
Cometaster pyrula
(Hopffer, 1857)
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Specific

  • Spirama pyrula Hopffer, 1858
  • Spirama lucidus Felder, 1874
  • Spirama lucida
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