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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Nolid Moths (Nolidae) » Chloephorinae » Characoma » Black-olive Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#8974 (Characoma nilotica)

Species Characoma nilotica - Black-olive Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#8974

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Internet References · Works Cited
Characoma nilotica Characoma nilotica Characoma nilotica Moth 1 #6 - Characoma nilotica 8974 Black-olive Caterpillar ??? - Characoma nilotica Black-olive Caterpillar Moth - Characoma nilotica Moth - Characoma nilotica 8974 Black-olive Caterpillar - Characoma nilotica
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea
Family Nolidae (Nolid Moths)
Subfamily Chloephorinae
Genus Characoma
Species nilotica (Black-olive Caterpillar Moth - Hodges#8974)
Hodges Number
8974
Explanation of Names
nilo, -tic is Latin for the Nile; a canal, aqueduct (1)
Numbers
Monotypic genus in U.S. per Nearctica
Range
Eastern U.S.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group – Characoma nilotica – 8974 - MPG
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
By Donald J. Borror
Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 18 April, 2007 - 5:03am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 26 December, 2008 - 8:09pm

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