Pompeja

For the asteroid, see 203 Pompeja.

Pompeja
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lasiocampidae
Genus:	Pompeja Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
Species:	P. psorica
Binomial name
Pompeja psorica Herrich-Schäffer, 1854
Synonyms
Omphalia psorica Herrich-Schäffer, [1854]

Pompeja is a monotypic moth genus in the family Lasiocampidae erected by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1856.^[1][2][3] Its only species, Pompeja psorica, described by the same author two years earlier,^[4] is found in Brazil.^[5]

References

1. "Genus Pompeja • 1 living spp". Catalogue of Life. July 31, 2018. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
2. "2 definitions found for Pompeja". Nomen.at - Animals and Plants. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
3. "Pompeja Herrich-Schäffer, 1856". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
4. "Pompeja psorica Herrich-Schäffer, 1854". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved September 28, 2018.
5. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Pompeja psorica​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved September 28, 2018.