Polypoetes persimilis

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Polypoetes persimilis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Polypoetes
Species:
P. persimilis
Binomial name
Polypoetes persimilis
(Dognin, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Scotura persimilisDognin, 1913

Polypoetes persimilis is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in cloud forests on the eastern slope of the Andes in Colombia and Ecuador, at elevations between 2,000 and 3,200 meters.

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