species

Poekilloptera phalaenoides (Linnaeus, 1758)

Descendants and synonyms

Linnaeus, C. (1758a) II. Hemiptera. In Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae. pp. 434–439. [iv + 823 + 1 (Emendanda, Addenda) pp.] https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.542

Gender, form, and etymology

Etymology:

Greek: φάλαινα (moth) + -oides (similar to, from Greek: -ίδης, son of)