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Lemyra
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Translingual
thumb|Lemyra rhodophilodes species.
Etymology
mul Q2095814 1856.
mul Possibly a misspelling of grc λαμυρός full of abysses; greedy, gluttonous; charming? A back-formation of a Greek word from la lemurēs m-p ghosts, phantoms, because of the white color of these moths? Or maybe from grc-koi πλήμυρα flood? Maybe from grc Λίμυρα Limyra, an ancient Lycian town in modern-day Antalya province, Turkey?
Proper noun
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genus family Erebidae certain tiger moths
See also
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mul Noctuoid moths