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Polypoetes picaria

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ7226833 ↗
Source-derived summary

Polypoetes picaria is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is endemic

to eastern Peru and northern Bolivia at an altitude of approximately 3,000 meters.

References

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.

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The public source identifies “Polypoetes picaria” as species of insect. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Polypoetes, picaria and species.

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—2009—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Polypoetes, picaria and species providing the first useful test.
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The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated Feb 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7226833. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2009.

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This entry incorporates text from “Polypoetes picaria” 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.