| Hypsidia niphosema | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Drepanidae |
| Genus: | Hypsidia |
| Species: | H. niphosema |
| Binomial name | |
| Hypsidia niphosema (Lower, 1908) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hypsidia niphosema is a moth in the family Drepanidae. It was described by Oswald Bertram Lower in 1908. [1] It is found in Australia. [2]
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