Poppaea (moth)
| Poppaea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Poppaea Fawcett, 1916 |
| Species: | P. sabina
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| Binomial name | |
| Poppaea sabina Fawcett, 1916
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Poppaea is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae containing the sole species Poppaea sabina, known from East Africa. The moth's namesake was most likely Roman emperor Nero's second wife, Poppaea Sabina.