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Pseudosphex

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Pseudosphex

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Pseudosphex is a genus of tiger moths in the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1818. These moths are mimics of a variety of Hymenoptera. The prefix pseudo means "false", and Sphex is a genus of wasps.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Pseudosphex is referenced by 35 other articles, and connects out to Arctiinae, Pseudosphex laticincta and Animalia.

It sits within the topics Arctiinae of South America, Euchromiina and LepIndex ID same as Wikidata.

Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyErebidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
37
With media
7
Family
Erebidae
Collections
MISSA, MHNCA, USNM
Recorded in
Panama, Mexico, Brazil, Venezuela, Peru

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Image
Myrmecopsis laticinctus.JPG
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taxon name
Pseudosphex
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Pseudosphex
Commons category
Pseudosphex
taxon synonym
Abrochia
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