Cibyra petropolisiensis

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Cibyra petropolisiensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Cibyra
Species:
C. petropolisiensis
Binomial name
Cibyra petropolisiensis
(Viette, 1952)
Synonyms
  • Aepytus petropolisiensisViette, 1952

Cibyra petropolisiensis is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from Brazil. [1]

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References

  1. Nielsen, Ebbe S.; Robinson, Gaden S.; Wagner, David L. (2000). "Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera )" (PDF). Journal of Natural History. 34 (6): 823–878. doi:10.1080/002229300299282. S2CID   86004391. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2016-06-18.