''Lepidojulia'' is a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

genus in the family

Erebidae The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings ('' Catocala'') ...

. Its only species, ''Lepidojulia arnaui'', is found in the Tucumán Province of

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. Both the genus and species were first described by Orfila in 1952.

References

* * ''Lepidojulia arnaui'' Orfila, 1952; ''Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina'' 15: 300 * ''Lepidojulia arnaui''; Watson & Goodger, 1986, ''Occasional Papers on Systematic Entomology'' 1: 24 Phaegopterina Monotypic moth genera Moths described in 1952 Moths of South America {{Phaegopterina-stub