Phobetron dyari

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Phobetron dyari
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Limacodidae
Genus: Phobetron
Species:
P. dyari
Binomial name
Phobetron dyari
(Barnes & Benjamin, 1926)

Phobetron dyari is a species of slug caterpillar moths in the genus Phobetron and the family Limacodidae. [1]

It was identified by American entomologists, William Barnes and Benjamin Dann Walsh in 1926. [2]

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References

  1. "Phobetron dyari Barnes & Benjamin, 1926". Global Lepidoptera Index. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  2. Dyar, Harrison Gray, ed. (1926). Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus. Vol. 14. Dyar, Harrison G. Dyar. p. 6.