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Heracula
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Heracula

Heracula is a genus of moths in the family Pseudobistonidae. It contains only one species, Heracula discivitta, which is found in India (Sikkim) and Nepal.

It used to be classified in the subfamily Lymantriinae of the family Erebidae until 2019, when it was moved to the recently created family Pseudobistonidae, in a newly created subfamily called Heraculinae.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 848762.