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Cibyra saguanmachica

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Cibyra saguanmachica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Cibyra
Species:
C. saguanmachica
Binomial name
Cibyra saguanmachica
(Pfitzner, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Dalaca saguanmachica Pfitzner, 1914

Cibyra saguanmachica is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from Colombia.[1]

Etymology

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The moth is named after Saguamanchica, the second ruler (zipa) of the southern Muisca with capital Bacatá.

References

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  1. ^ Nielsen, Ebbe S.; Robinson, Gaden S.; Wagner, David L. (2000). "Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera )" (PDF). Journal of Natural History. 34 (6): 823–878. doi:10.1080/002229300299282. S2CID 86004391. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
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