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Species of moth

Cacolyces
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Tribe: Dioptini
Genus: Cacolyces
Warren, 1906
Species: C. plagifera
Binomial name
Cacolyces plagifera
(Walker, 1856)
Synonyms
  • Lyces plagifera Walker, 1856

Cacolyces is a monotypic moth genus of the family Notodontidae described by Warren in 1906. It consists of only one species, Cacolyces plagifera, first described by Francis Walker in 1856, which is found in Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana.

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.
Taxon identifiers
Cacolyces plagifera


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