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Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla, also known as the rose plume moth, is a moth of the superfamily Pterophoroidea, family Pterophoridae. It is found in the Northern Hemisphere, except for Greenland, Southeast Asia, and most of North Africa. It was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller, 1775.
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Sozusa is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.
Acontia is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816. Eusceptis, Pseudalypia and Spragueia are sometimes included in the present genus, but here they are tentatively treated as different pending further research. Many species of Tarache were also once placed here.
Leucania is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae first described by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816.
Rhanidophora is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Wallengren in 1858.
Pselnophorus is a genus of moths in the plume moth family, Pterophoridae. They are native to the Northern Hemisphere and southern Africa. As of 2014 the genus contains 18 species.
Cnaemidophorus smithi is a species of moth in the genus Cnaemidophorus known from Colombia. Moths in this species take flight in June, and have a wingspan of approximately 18 millimetres.
Alucita is the largest genus of many-plumed moths ; it is also the type genus of its family and the disputed superfamily Alucitoidea. This genus occurs almost worldwide and contains about 180 species as of 2011; new species are still being described and discovered regularly. Formerly, many similar moths of superfamilies Alucitoidea, Copromorphoidea and Pterophoroidea were also placed in Alucita.
Sven Axel Olaus Wallengren was a Swedish author, poet, and journalist, who wrote under the nom de plume Falstaff, fakir.
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References
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Cnaemidophorus Wallengren, 1862". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
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