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Calymma
Sign in to saveCalymma is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823. Its single species, Calymma communimacula, was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in central and southern Europe and from Turkey to Transcaucasia and the Middle East.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumCtenophora
- ClassTentaculata
- OrderLobata
- FamilyCalymmidae
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Calymma is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823. Its single species, Calymma communimacula, was first described by Michael Denis and Ignaz Schiffermüller in 1775. It is found in central and southern Europe and from Turkey to Transcaucasia and the Middle East.
==Taxonomy== The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Eublemminae of Erebidae or the subfamily Acontiinae of the family Noctuidae.
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