Polypoetes augustimacula

Polypoetes augustimacula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Notodontidae
Subfamily: Dioptinae
Tribe: Dioptini
Genus: Polypoetes
Species: P. augustimacula
Binomial name
Polypoetes augustimacula
(Dognin, 1902)
Synonyms
  • Phaeochlaena augustimacula Dognin, 1902

Polypoetes augustimacula is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found in Colombia.

It is one of the largest species in the Polypoetes genus. The female type, the only known specimen, has a forewing length of 22 mm.

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