Polypoetes villiodes

Polypoetes villiodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Superfamily:Noctuoidea
Family:Notodontidae
Genus:Polypoetes
Species: P. villiodes
Binomial name
Polypoetes villiodes
(Prout, 1918)
Synonyms
  • Xenomigia villiodes Prout, 1918

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

It is the largest species in the Polypoetes genus with a forewing length of 20.5–22 mm.

References

  • Miller, J.S. 2009: Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 321: 1-674.



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