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Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is paraphyletic with respect to butterflies and neither subordinate taxa are used in modern classifications. Moths make up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, although there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.
The Sesiidae or clearwing moths are a diurnal moth family in the order Lepidoptera known for their Batesian mimicry in both appearance and behaviour of various Hymenoptera.
Dupontia is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Euconulidae, the hive snails.
Dupontia perlucida is a species of small air-breathing land snail, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Euconulidae, the hive snails. This species is found in Mauritius.
Erepta is a genus of air-breathing land snails, a terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Helicarionidae.
Exilisia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Hervé de Toulgoët in 1958.
Scania is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. It is the sister group of Pseudoleucania.
Scania perlucida is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Magallanes and Antartica Chilena Region of Chile and Ñorquinco and Río Negro in Argentina.
Serrata perlucida is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails.
Acraea rabbaiae, the clear wing acraea, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in KwaZulu-Natal, Eswatini, from Mozambique to Kenya and in Tanzania.
Sociala is an extinct genus of cockroach which existed in what is now France during the early Cretaceous period. It was named by Peter Vršanský in 2010, and the type species is Sociala perlucida.
Episannina is a genus of moths in the family Sesiidae.
Episannina lodimana is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is known from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Episannina albifrons is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is known from Ghana.
Episannina chalybea is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is known from Cameroon.
Episannina flavicincta is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is known from Ghana.
Episannina modesta is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is known from Cameroon.
Episannina zygaenura is a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is known from Sierra Leone.
Exilisia perlucida is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Hervé de Toulgoët in 1954. It is found on Madagascar.
Rheinheimera perlucida is a Gram-negative, rod-shaped and motile bacterium from the genus of Rheinheimera which has been isolated from water from the Baltic Sea.
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