Hypopyra pallidigera

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Tribe: Hypopyrini
Genus: Hypopyra
Species: H. pallidigera
Binomial name
Hypopyra pallidigera
Holloway, 2005[1]

Hypopyra pallidigera is a moth of the Erebidae family. It is found on Borneo and Sumatra. The habitat consists of lowland dipterocarp forests.

The wingspan is about 35 mm for males and 38 mm for females. Adults are similar to Hypopyra ossigera, but has a paler, fawn ground colour with faintly darker blackish brown fasciation.[2]

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