Pikroprion
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Pikroprion | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Notodontidae |
Tribe: | Dioptini |
Genus: | Pikroprion J. S. Miller, 2009 |
Species: | P. sullivani
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Binomial name | |
Pikroprion sullivani J. S. Miller, 2009
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Pikroprion is a genus of moths of the family Notodontidae. It consists of only one species, Pikroprion sullivani, which is endemic to the Choco habitat along the western slopes of the Andes in Ecuador and Colombia.
The length of the forewings is 14.5โ16 mm for males and 15.5โ17 mm for females.
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): 1โ676. hdl:2246/5978.