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Polypoetes augustimacula

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Polypoetes augustimacula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Polypoetes
Species:
P. augustimacula
Binomial name
Polypoetes augustimacula
(Dognin, 1902)
Synonyms
  • Phaeochlaena augustimacula Dognin, 1902

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

It is one of the largest species in the Polypoetes genus. The female type, the only known specimen, has a forewing length of 22 mm.

References

  • Miller, J.S. 2009: Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 321: 1-674.