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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Looper Moths (Plusiinae) » Plusiini » Euchalciina » Eosphoropteryx

Genus Eosphoropteryx

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Moth - Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides Pink-patched Looper Moth - Hodges#8905 - Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides MA Pink-patch - Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides Caterpillar - Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides Pink-patched Looper - Eosphoropteryx thyatyroides
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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 Plusiinae (Looper Moths)
Tribe Plusiini
Subtribe Euchalciina
Genus Eosphoropteryx
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eosphoropteryx Dyar, 1902
Explanation of Names
"Named in allusion to the pink color on the wings on the type and sole species thyatiroides Guen.", Ottolengui (1902)
Print References
Eichlin, T. D. & H. B. Cunningham 1978. The Plusiinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of America north of Mexico, emphasizing genitalic and larval morphology. USDA Tech. Bulletin 1567: 26 (PDF download)
Dyar, H. G. 1902. A generic subdivision of the genus Plusia. Jl. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 10(2): 80
Contributed by Chuck Entz on 18 February, 2006 - 11:03pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 28 February, 2013 - 8:33pm

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