Carmenta | |
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Carmenta verecunda | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Sesiidae |
Tribe: | Synanthedonini |
Genus: | Carmenta Edwards, 1881 [1] |
Species | |
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Paranthrene is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
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Tipulamima is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
Alcathoe is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
Euryphrissa is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
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