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Psychostrophia nymphidiaria

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 1, 2023
Entity authorityQ14195133 ↗
Source-derived summary

Psychostrophia nymphidiaria is a moth in the family Epicopeiidae. It was described by Oberthür in 1893. It is found in western China.

Editorial summary

“Psychostrophia nymphidiaria” enters the record as species of insect. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Psychostrophia, nymphidiaria and species can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1893—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Psychostrophia, nymphidiaria and species.
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“Psychostrophia nymphidiaria” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Psychostrophia, nymphidiaria and species provides the most credible route into that argument.

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Stable identifiers, scientific names and standards terminology offer the best bridge between this overview and specialist evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 1, 2023. The linked authority identifier is Q14195133. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1893.

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This entry incorporates text from “Psychostrophia nymphidiaria” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.