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Polypoetes villia

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Polypoetes villia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Polypoetes
Species:
P. villia
Binomial name
Polypoetes villia
H. Druce, 1897
Synonyms
  • Polypoetes denigrata Hering, 1928
  • Phaeochlaena longipalpis Warren, 1901

Polypoetes villia is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Herbert Druce in 1897. It is found in Panama and Costa Rica.

The larvae feed on Malvaviscus arboreus and Malvaviscus palmanus.

References

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  • 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.


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