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Satin White Palpita
Palpita flegia
Palpita flegia, the satin white moth, is a moth in the Crambidae family. It was described by Cramer in 1777. It is found in Surinam, Colombia, Brazil, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Mexico, the Caribbean and the United States, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Florida and Texas.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 311319.