Amazon-region

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• Penthesilea difficilis

  Amazon Queen Moth

  Penthesilea difficilis, commonly known as the Amazon Queen Moth, is a species of snout moth in the family Pyralidae. The species was described by Felder and Rogenhofer in 1874. It belongs to the subfamily Chrysauginae, a group of pyralid moths that are primarily tropical in distribution. The genus Penthesilea is relatively small and poorly studied compared to many other pyralid genera.

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