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Sphalma
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sphalma
Translingual
Etymology
From mul-tax grc σφᾰ́λμᾰ? (Compare la-new sphalma.)
Proper noun
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genus family Pythidae family one species of dead log bark beetle s, native to western North America
mul obsolete genus family Noctuidae subsumed into genus Balsa genus 1
Hypernyms
genus in Pythidae ; Polyphaga suborder suborder; Cucujiformia infraorder infraorder; Tenebrionoidea superfamily superfamily; Pythidae family family
Hyponyms
genus in Pythidae Sphalma quadricollis species sole species
genus in Noctuidae Sphalma malana species (syn. of Balsa malana species; many-dotted appleworm moth) species
Further reading
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