Cibyra saguanmachica is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae. It is known from Colombia.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hepialidae |
| Genus: | Cibyra |
| Species: | C. saguanmachica
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| Binomial name | |
| Cibyra saguanmachica (Pfitzner, 1914)
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Etymology edit
The moth is named after Saguamanchica, the second ruler (zipa) of the southern Muisca with capital Bacatá.
References edit
- ^ Nielsen, Ebbe S.; Robinson, Gaden S.; Wagner, David L. (2000). "Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera )" (PDF). Journal of Natural History. 34 (6): 823–878. doi:10.1080/002229300299282. S2CID 86004391. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-11. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
External links edit
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