Polypoetes jipiro

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Polypoetes jipiro
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Polypoetes
Species:
P. jipiro
Binomial name
Polypoetes jipiro
Dognin, 1893

Polypoetes jipiro is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is endemic to cloud forests along the eastern slope of the Ecuadorian Andes, at altitudes between 2,000 and 3,000 meters.

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Erbessa dominula is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by William Warren in 1909. It is found in Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil.

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