Platyjionia

Platyjionia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Calpinae
Genus: Platyjionia
Hampson, 1926
Species:
P. mediorufa
Binomial name
Platyjionia mediorufa
(Hampson, 1894)
Synonyms
  • Thermesia mediorufa Hampson, 1894
  • Platyja sada Swinhoe, 1903
  • Capnodes brunnea Swinhoe, 1906

Platyjionia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Platyjionia mediorufa, is found in the north-eastern Himalayas, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo. Both the genus and species were first described by George Hampson, the genus in 1926 and the species in 1894.