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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths (Bombycoidea) » American Silkworm Moths (Apatelodidae) » Apatelodinae » Olceclostera

Genus Olceclostera

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Internet References
The Angel - Olceclostera angelica Angel Moth - Olceclostera angelica Olceclostera angelica The Angel - Olceclostera angelica Olceclostera angelica - Hodge's #7665 - Olceclostera angelica Olceclostera angelica - Hodge's #7665 - Olceclostera angelica Pennsylvania Caterpillar - Olceclostera angelica Angle winged moth - Olceclostera angelica
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Bombycoidea (Silkworm, Sphinx, and Royal Moths)
Family Apatelodidae (American Silkworm Moths)
Subfamily Apatelodinae
Genus Olceclostera
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
First described in 1878 by Arthur Gardiner Butler
Explanation of Names
Probably from Greek olke (ολκη)- "a drawing, pulling, trailing" + Clostera, a genus of Prominent Moths, Notodontidae, where this genus was originally placed. Clostera is from Greek Kloster (κλωστηρ)- "spindle".
Numbers
Nearctica.com lists three species: angelica, indistincta, and seraphica.
Internet References
Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 1878, p. 70    Butler's original description of the genus.
Contributed by Cotinis on 14 July, 2004 - 9:32pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz
Last updated 10 July, 2010 - 7:00pm

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