Biology:Rhinobombyx

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Short description: Genus of moths

Rhinobombyx
Scientific classification
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Animalia
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Genus:
Rhinobombyx

Aurivillius, 1879
Species:
R. cuneata
Binomial name
Rhinobombyx cuneata
Aurivillius, 1879
Synonyms
  • Leipoxais ziczac Strand, 1912
  • Rhinobombyx ziczac (Strand, 1912)

Rhinobombyx is a monotypic moth genus in the family Lasiocampidae erected by Per Olof Christopher Aurivillius in 1879.[1][2][3] Its single species, Rhinobombyx cuneata, described by the same author in the same year,[4] is found in what is now Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa and in what was at the time of description German East Africa.[5]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q7320606 entry