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Pikroprion

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Pikroprion
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Tribe: Dioptini
Genus: Pikroprion
J. S. Miller, 2009
Species:
P. sullivani
Binomial name
Pikroprion sullivani
J. S. Miller, 2009

Pikroprion is a genus of moths of the family Notodontidae. It consists of only one species, Pikroprion sullivani, which is endemic to the Choco habitat along the western slopes of the Andes in Ecuador and Colombia.

The length of the forewings is 14.5–16 mm for males and 15.5–17 mm for females.

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.