Cometaster
Sign in to saveCometaster 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.
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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.
==Distribution== It is found in Eastern and Southern Africa, mainly in Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
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HypopyriniLepidoptera of MalawiLepidoptera of MozambiqueLepidoptera of South AfricaLepidoptera of the Democratic Republic of the CongoLepidoptera of ZambiaLepidoptera of ZimbabweMonotypic moth generaMoths described in 1857Moths of Sub-Saharan AfricaTaxa named by George HampsonTaxonbars with multiple manual Wikidata items