Zyzypyge is a monotypic moth genus in the family Megalopygidae described by Walter Hopp in 1930.[1] Its single species, Zyzypyge calycina, described by the same author in the same year, is found in Brazil.[2]
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Genus: | Zyzypyge Hopp, 1930
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Species: | Z. calycina
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Zyzypyge calycina Hopp, 1930
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References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.