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Polypoetes nubilosa

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Polypoetes nubilosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Polypoetes
Species:
P. nubilosa
Binomial name
Polypoetes nubilosa
(Warren, 1900)
Synonyms
  • Phaeochlaena nubilosa Warren, 1900

Polypoetes nubilosa is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is endemic to mid-elevations along the western slope of the Ecuadorian Andes.

The larvae feed on Ochroma pyramidale.

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.