title: Polypoetes tinalandia
text: # Polypoetes tinalandia
  
  Polypoetes tinalandia is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It is found along the Pacific slope of the Ecuadorian Andes.
  
  The length of the forewings is 14-14.5 mm for males and 14.5–15 mm for females. The ground color of the forewings is dark gray-brown to blackish brown, but lighter gray in the basal third. The central area of the hindwings is translucent white.
  
  ## Etymology
  
  The name of this species refers to the type locality, Tinalandia, Ecuador.
  
  