''Mniotype deluccai'' is a

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of the family

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Emilio Berio Emilio Berio (13 October 1905 – 28 October 1993, Genoa) was an Italian entomologist and lawyer. He described several new genera and species of moths, mostly Noctuidae The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a ...

first used the scientific name in 1976. It is found on

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References

"''Mniotype deluccai'' (Berio, 1976)"
''Insecta.pro''. Retrieved February 5, 2020. Moths described in 1976 Cuculliinae Moths of Europe {{Cuculliinae-stub