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Genus Chytonix

Moth - Chytonix palliatricula ID Request - Chytonix palliatricula Chytonix palliatricula 9556, Chytonix palliatricula, Cloaked Marvel - Chytonix palliatricula unknown - Chytonix sensilis cloaked marvel - Chytonix palliatricula Cloaked Marvel (Chytonix pulliatricula)  - Chytonix palliatricula moth - Chytonix palliatricula
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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 Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)
Tribe Elaphriini
Genus Chytonix
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Chytonix Grote, 1874
Paroligia Warren, 1913
Numbers
Nearctica.com lists five species in the genus.
There are 2 species of Chytonix in North America. (1)
Identification
Works Cited
1.Additions and corrections to the checklist of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico
J. Donald Lafontaine & B. Christian Schmidt. 2011. Zookeys, 149.1805.