''Trichromia cardinalis'' is a
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
in the family
Erebidae. It was described by
Paul Dognin
Paul Dognin (10 May 1847 – 10 August 1931) was a French entomologist who specialised in the Lepidoptera of South America.
Dognin named 101 new genera of moths.French Guiana
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,
Colombia,
Ecuador
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and
Bolivia
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.
References
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Moths described in 1899
cardinalis
''Cardinalis'' is a genus of cardinal in the family Cardinalidae. There are three species ranging across the Great Lakes region to northern South America.
Description
They are birds between 19 and 22 cm in length. Its most distinctive char ...
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