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Phaegorista similis

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ3017716 ↗
Source-derived summary

Phaegorista similis is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It is found in Africa, including Zaire and Angola. It was first introduced by entomologist Francis Walker.

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

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current 28-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Phaegorista, similis and species.
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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 Jun 16, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3017716. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

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This entry incorporates text from “Phaegorista similis” 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.