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Genus of moths

Poenopsis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Herminiinae
Genus: Poenopsis
Dyar, 1922
Species: P. abstrusa
Binomial name
Poenopsis abstrusa
Dyar, 1922

Poenopsis is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Poenopsis abstrusa, is known from Mexico. Both the genus and the species were first described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1922.

References

  1. Savela, Markku (February 17, 2012). "Poenopsis Dyar, 1922". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 9, 2020.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Poenopsis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved February 9, 2020.
  3. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Poenopsis Dyar, 1922". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved February 9, 2020.
Taxon identifiers
Poenopsis
Poenopsis abstrusa


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