
Patagonophorus
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Patagonophorus is a genus of moth
in the Pterophoridae family containing only one species, Patagonophorus murinus, which is known from Argentina
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Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
in the Pterophoridae family containing only one species, Patagonophorus murinus, which is known from Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
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