''Nebulosa fulvipalpis'' is a

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of the family

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. It is found on mid elevations on the western slope of the

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, from

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, south to

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References

* 2009: Generic revision of the Dioptinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) Part 1: Dioptini. ''Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History'', 321: 1-674. Moths described in 1910 Notodontidae of South America {{Notodontidae-stub