| Pseudosphex sodalis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Pseudosphex |
| Species: | P. sodalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudosphex sodalis (Draudt, 1915) | |
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Pseudosphex sodalis is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Max Wilhelm Karl Draudt in 1915. It is found in French Guiana. [1]
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