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Genus of moths

Zyzypyge
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Megalopygidae
Genus: Zyzypyge
Hopp, 1930
Species: Z. calycina
Binomial name
Zyzypyge calycina
Hopp, 1930

Zyzypyge is a monotypic moth genus in the family Megalopygidae described by Walter Hopp in 1930. Its single species, Zyzypyge calycina, described by the same author in the same year, is found in Brazil.

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Zyzypyge​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Zyzypyge calycina​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
Taxon identifiers
Zyzypyge


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