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Penicillifera
Sign in to savePenicillifera is a genus of moths of the family Bombycidae. The genus was erected by Wolfgang Dierl in 1978.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyBombycidae
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Penicillifera is a genus of moths of the family Bombycidae. The genus was erected by Wolfgang Dierl in 1978.
==Selected species== Penicillifera apicalis (Walker, 1862) Penicillifera infuscata Dierl, 1978 Penicillifera lactea (Hutton, 1865) Penicillifera tamsi (Lemée, 1950)
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