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Polypoetes jipiro

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Polypoetes jipiro
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Polypoetes
Species:
P. jipiro
Binomial name
Polypoetes jipiro
Dognin, 1893

Polypoetes jipiro is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is endemic to cloud forests along the eastern slope of the Ecuadorian Andes, at altitudes between 2,000 and 3,000 meters.

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.