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Genus of moths

Croperoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Lymantriinae
Tribe: Lymantriini
Genus: Croperoides
Berio, 1940
Species: C. negrottoi
Binomial name
Croperoides negrottoi
Berio, 1940

Croperoides is a monotypic of moth genus in the subfamily Lymantriinae. Its only species, Croperoides negrottoi, was found in Negele Borana, Ethiopia, by the Società Entomologica Italiana. Both the genus and the species were first described by Emilio Berio in 1940.

References

  1. Savela, Markku (May 13, 2011). "Croperoides Berio, 1940". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Croperoides​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
  3. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Croperoides Berio, 1940". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved March 29, 2020.
Taxon identifiers
Croperoides
Croperoides negrottoi


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