Polypoetes persimilis is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in cloud forests on the eastern slope of the Andes in Colombia and Ecuador, at elevations between 2,000 and 3,200 meters.

Polypoetes persimilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Polypoetes
Species:
P. persimilis
Binomial name
Polypoetes persimilis
(Dognin, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Scotura persimilis Dognin, 1913

References

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  • 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.