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Caphys
Caphys is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Francis Walker in 1863, who designated the type species as Caphys bilinea, a junior synonym for Caphys bilineata. Further information on the creature can be done through BugGuide where one can easily identify insects, spiders and species from their kin that habituate across the United States and Canada.
6 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Caphys biliniata
speciesCaphys biliniata

Caphys arizonensis
speciesCaphys arizonensis
Caphys pallida
speciesCaphys pallida
Caphys microthyralis
speciesCaphys microthyralis
Caphys dubia
speciesCaphys dubia
Caphys fovealis
speciesCaphys fovealis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Caphys in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 367298.