Pyrgion repanda Schaus, 1912 is a animal in the Erebidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Pyrgion repanda Schaus, 1912

Pyrgion repanda Schaus, 1912

Pyrgion is a monotypic moth genus of Erebidae with one species found in Costa Rica.

Family
Genus
Pyrgion
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Pyrgion repanda Schaus, 1912

Pyrgion is a monotypic moth genus that belongs to the family Erebidae. This genus was erected by Herbert Druce in 1891. It contains only one species, Pyrgion repanda, which was first described by Schaus in 1912. This species is found in Costa Rica.

Photo: (c) Larry Clarfeld, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Larry Clarfeld · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Erebidae Pyrgion

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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