''Paidia elegantia'' is a

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 ...

of 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'') ...

. It was described by Josef J. de Freina and Thomas Joseph Witt in 2004. It is found in southern

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

., 2004: "''Paidia elegantia'' spec. nov., eine neue Flechtenbärenart aus dem südlichen Iran (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae: Lithosiinae)"

References

Nudariina Moths described in 2004 {{Nudariina-stub