Cibyra saguanmachica

Cibyra saguanmachica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Cibyra
Species: C. saguanmachica
Binomial name
Cibyra saguanmachica
(Pfitzner, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Dalaca saguanmachica Pfitzner, 1914

Cibyra saguanmachica is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from Colombia.[1]

Etymology

The moth is named after Saguamanchica, the second ruler (zipa) of the southern Muisca with capital Bacatá.

References

  1. Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera)

External links

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