Genus Palthis

Classification · Identification · Print References · Works Cited

Brown, triangular moth with a snout - Palthis angulalis

Faint-spotted Palthis - Palthis asopialis

Small grey moth with tail - Palthis asopialis

Faint-spotted Palthis Moth - Hodges #8398 - Palthis asopialis - female

8397 – Palthis angulalis – Dark-spotted Palthis - Palthis angulalis

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)

Family Erebidae

Subfamily Herminiinae (Litter Moths)

Genus Palthis

Identification

Large and tufted labial palps. (1)

Print References

Covell, p. 327 (1)

Works Cited

1.	Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Mike Boone, Robert Lord Zimlich
Last updated 8 April, 2014 - 1:05pm

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