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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Heterocampinae » Schizura

Genus Schizura

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Caterpillar - Schizura unicornis Beautiful, but a mystery! - Schizura ipomoeae Red-humped Caterpillar - Schizura concinna Unicorn Caterpillar Larva - Schizura unicornis Unknown caterpillar 8 days later - Schizura unicornis Rose Muncher - Schizura unicornis Caterpillar - Schizura unicornis Blueberry Catepillar - Schizura ipomoeae
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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 Notodontidae (Prominent Moths)
Subfamily Heterocampinae
Genus Schizura
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm

Schizura references
Wagner, pp. 62-63, has illustrations of this genus. (1)

References on the Internet, from Josh Rose:

http://www.barbosalab.umd.edu/notodontidae/010.html
http://muextension.missouri.edu/explore/wildthing/unicorncaterpillar.htm
http://facweb.furman.edu/~snyderjohn/tatum/330-332.htm
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/2000/cateast/schiipom.htm
http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/2000/cateast/schiunic.htm

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 28 June, 2004 - 11:24am

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