Polypoetes villia
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Notodontidae |
Genus: | Polypoetes |
Species: | P. villia
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Binomial name | |
Polypoetes villia Druce, 1897
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Polypoetes villia is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in Panama and Costa Rica.
The larvae feed on Malvaviscus arboreus and Malvaviscus palmanus.
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.