''Plagiomimicus'' is a

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s of the family

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. The genus was erected by

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in 1873.

Species

* '' Plagiomimicus astigmatosum'' (Dyar, 1921) * '' Plagiomimicus aureolum'' (H. Edwards, 1882) * '' Plagiomimicus biundulalis'' (Zeller, 1872) * '' Plagiomimicus caesium'' (Blanchard & Knudson, 1984) * '' Plagiomimicus curiosum'' (Neumoegen, 1884) * '' Plagiomimicus dimidiata'' (Grote, 1877) * '' Plagiomimicus expallidus'' Grote, 1883 * '' Plagiomimicus hachita'' (Barnes, 1904) * '' Plagiomimicus heitzmani'' Poole, 1995 * '' Plagiomimicus hilli'' (Barnes & Benjamin, 1923) * '' Plagiomimicus hutsoni'' (J.B. Smith, 1907) * '' Plagiomimicus kathyae'' Adams, 2009 * '' Plagiomimicus manti'' (Barnes, 1904) * '' Plagiomimicus mimica'' Poole, 1995 * '' Plagiomimicus navia'' (Harvey, 1875) (alternative spelling ''Plagiomimicus navium'') * '' Plagiomimicus ochoa'' (Barnes, 1904) * '' Plagiomimicus olivalis'' (Barnes & McDunnough, 1916) * '' Plagiomimicus olvello'' (Barnes, 1907) * '' Plagiomimicus pityochromus'' Grote, 1873 * '' Plagiomimicus pyralina'' (Schaus, 1904) * '' Plagiomimicus spumosum'' (Grote, 1874) (syn: ''Plagiomimicus mavina'' (Barnes & McDunnough, 1910)) * '' Plagiomimicus sexseriata'' (Grote, 1881) * '' Plagiomimicus tepperi'' (Morrison, 1875) * '' Plagiomimicus triplagiatus'' J.B. Smith, 1890 * '' Plagiomimicus unicum'' (Barnes & Benjamin, 1926)

References

Amphipyrinae {{Amphipyrinae-stub