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Polypoetes leuschneri

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Polypoetes leuschneri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Polypoetes
Species:
P. leuschneri
Binomial name
Polypoetes leuschneri
Miller, 2009

Polypoetes leuschneri is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by James S. Miller in 2008. It is endemic to the Pacific slope of the Ecuadorian Andes.

The length of the forewings is 13–14.5 mm for males and 13.5–15 mm for females.

References

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  • 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.