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Erbessa sobria

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 7, 2026
Entity authorityQ5385155 ↗
Source-derived summary

Erbessa sobria is a moth of the family Notodontidae first described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela and Guyana.

The larvae feed on Miconia species.

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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“Erbessa sobria” enters the record as species of insect. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Erbessa, sobria 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 lead gives the account dated anchors—1854, 2009—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Erbessa, sobria 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 Apr 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5385155. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1854 and 2009.

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This entry incorporates text from “Erbessa sobria” 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.