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Phlyctaina

Phlyctaina is a monotypic litter moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Phlyctaina irrigualis, is found in North America. Both the genus and species were first described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1890.

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Phlyctaina
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Phlyctaina
Moschler, 1890
Species:
P. irrigualis
Binomial name
Phlyctaina irrigualis
Moschler, 1890

Phlyctaina is a monotypic litter moth genus of the family Erebidae.12 Its only species, Phlyctaina irrigualis, is found in North America.345 Both the genus and species were first described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1890.67

The MONA or Hodges number for Phlyctaina irrigualis is 8392.8

References

References

  1. Lafontaine, Donald; Schmidt, Christian (March 19, 2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys (40): 26. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414.
  2. Zahiri, Reza; et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology. 37: 102–124. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x.
  3. "Phlyctaina irrigualis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  4. "Phlyctaina irrigualis". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  5. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Phlyctaina Möschler, 1890". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  6. Savela, Markku (July 3, 2019). "Phlyctaina Möschler, 1890". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
  7. "Phlyctaina irrigualis". North American Moth Photographers Group. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
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