Strongylosia

Strongylosia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Calpinae
Genus: Strongylosia
Hampson, 1926
Species:
S. congoensis
Binomial name
Strongylosia congoensis
(Holland, 1920)
Synonyms
  • Leocyma congoensis Holland, 1920
  • Strongylosia semiflava Hampson, 1926

Strongylosia is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1926. Its only species, Strongylosia congoensis, was first described by William Jacob Holland in 1920. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe.