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Polypoetes villiodes

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Polypoetes villiodes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Polypoetes
Species:
P. villiodes
Binomial name
Polypoetes villiodes
(L. B. Prout, 1918)
Synonyms
  • Xenomigia villiodes Prout, 1918

Polypoetes villiodes is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in Colombia.

It is the largest species in the genus Polypoetes with a forewing length of 20.5–22 mm.

References

  • Miller, James S. (2009). "Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 321 (2): 1–676. hdl:2246/5978.