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Polypoetes persimilis

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Species of moth

Polypoetes persimilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 persimilis Dognin, 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.

References

  • Miller, James S. (2009). "Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 321 (2): 1–676. hdl:2246/5978.


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