| Pharmacis bertrandi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hepialidae |
| Genus: | Pharmacis |
| Species: | P. bertrandi |
| Binomial name | |
| Pharmacis bertrandi (Le Cerf, 1936) | |
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Pharmacis bertrandi is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from France and Italy. [1] [2]
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