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Michaelophorus
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Michaelophorus

Michaelophorus is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. Species in this genus are distributed in regions with neotropical climates. Little is known about the genus' overall ecology.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Hourglass Plume Moth

speciesMichaelophorus indentatus

Michaelophorus shafferi

speciesMichaelophorus shafferi

Michaelophorus dentiger

speciesMichaelophorus dentiger

Michaelophorus nubilus

speciesMichaelophorus nubilus

Michaelophorus hodgesi

speciesMichaelophorus hodgesi

Michaelophorus margaritae

speciesMichaelophorus margaritae

Michaelophorus bahiaensis

speciesMichaelophorus bahiaensis

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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 417743.