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Psaphida

Psaphida is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1865.

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Psaphida
Psaphida thaxteriana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Psaphida
Walker, 1865
Synonyms
  • Copivaleria (Morrison, 1874)
  • Dicopis Grote, 1874
  • Copipanolis Grote, 1874
  • Eutolype Grote, 1874
  • Psaphidia Dyar, 1901

Psaphida is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Francis Walker in 1865.123

Species

  • Psaphida resumens Walker, 1865 Florida - Texas, Arkansas, New England, Quebec, Minnesota, Illinois, Kansas, South Carolina
  • Psaphida thaxterianus (Grote, 1874) Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Missouri, Michigan, Ontario
  • Psaphida rolandi (Grote, 1874) Massachusetts, Missouri, New England - Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Ontario, North Dakota, Manitoba
  • Psaphida grandis (Smith, 1898) New York - Florida, Georgia, Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Texas
  • Psaphida electilis (Morrison, 1875) southern New England to southern Ontario - Maryland, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kansas, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri, Texas, Alabama
  • Psaphida styracis (Guenée, 1852) southern Ontario to New England - Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri, Texas, Florida, West Virginia, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina
  • Psaphida damalis (Grote, 1879) California, Colorado
  • Psaphida palaearctica (Ronkay, Ronkay, Gyulai & Hacker, 2010) Shaanxi
References

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Psaphida​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  2. Savela, Markku (May 5, 2020). "Psaphida Walker, 1865". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
  3. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Psaphida Walker, 1865". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved January 5, 2021.