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Sorocaba (moth)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Phiditiidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Rank
  
Genus

Sorocaba is a genus of moths of the Phiditiidae family.

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Taxonomy

The genus was established in the Sphingidae and later placed in the Lymantriidae by Schaus in 1927. It was transferred from to the Apatelodidae by Minet in 1986 and finally to the subfamily Phiditiinae by Lemaire and Minet. The subfamily was raised to family level in 2011.

Selected species

  • Sorocaba anomala Moore, 1882

    • References

    Sorocaba (moth) Wikipedia
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