Pharmacis pyrenaicus

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Pharmacis pyrenaicus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Pharmacis
Species:
P. pyrenaicus
Binomial name
Pharmacis pyrenaicus
(Donzel, 1838) [1]
Synonyms
  • Hepialus pyrenaicusDonzel, 1838
  • Hepialus pyrenaeusHerrich-Schaffer, [1846]
  • Hepialus alticolaOberthur, 1881

Pharmacis pyrenaicus is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from France and Spain. [2]

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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.
  2. Fauna Europaea