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Gorgopis is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae. There are 28 described species found in southern and eastern Africa.

Species

PHYLUM

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda

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Specimen records
11
Family
Hepialidae
Collections
SAM, USNM
Recorded in
South Africa, Tanzania

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Hepialidae
Image
Pl.2-22-Gorpodis zellerii Dewitz, 1881.JPG
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taxon name
Gorgopis
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Gorgopis
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Gorgopis is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae. There are 28 described species found in southern and eastern Africa.

==Species== Gorgopis alticola - Tanzania Gorgopis angustiptera Gorgopis annulosa - South Africa Gorgopis armillata - South Africa Gorgopis auratilis - South Africa Gorgopis aurifuscata Gorgopis butlerii - South Africa Gorgopis caffra - South Africa Gorgopis centaurica - South Africa Gorgopis cochlias - South Africa Gorgopis crudeni - South Africa Gorgopis furcata - South Africa Gorgopis fuscalis - South Africa Gorgopis grisescens - South Africa Gorgopis hunti - South Africa Gorgopis inornata - South Africa Gorgopis intervallata - South Africa Gorgopis leucopetala - South Africa Gorgopis libania - South Africa/Angola Larva feeds on grasses Gorgopis limbopunctata Gorgopis lobata - South Africa Gorgopis olivaceonotata - South Africa Gorgopis pallidiflava - South Africa Gorgopis pholidota - South Africa Gorgopis ptiloscelis - South Africa Gorgopis salti - Tanzania Gorgopis serangota - South Africa Gorgopis subrimosa - South Africa Gorgopis tanganyikaensis - Tanzania Gorgopis zellerii - South Africa

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