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Penicillifera

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Penicillifera

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Penicillifera is a genus of moths of the family Bombycidae. The genus was erected by Wolfgang Dierl in 1978.

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Vinony's link graph records 6 inbound references to Penicillifera, and connects out to Penicillifera apicalis, Animalia and insect.

Vinony files it under Bombycidae and Bombycoidea genera.

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyBombycidae
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Penicillifera is a genus of moths of the family Bombycidae. The genus was erected by Wolfgang Dierl in 1978.

==Selected species== Penicillifera apicalis (Walker, 1862) Penicillifera infuscata Dierl, 1978 Penicillifera lactea (Hutton, 1865) Penicillifera tamsi (Lemée, 1950)

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