Genus Harrisina

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Internet References

Grapeleaf skeletonizer - Harrisina americana

Black and yellow small caterpillar - Harrisina americana

Harrisina metallica form brillians #4623 - Harrisina metallica

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

No Taxon (Moths)

Superfamily Zygaenoidea

Family Zygaenidae (Leaf Skeletonizer Moths)

Genus Harrisina

Explanation of Names

Author of genus was Packard, 1864. Likely named for the American entomologist TW Harris.

Numbers

Nearctica.com lists three species: americana, coracina, metallica.

Additional species may have been added to North American fauna--see Internet references.

Internet References

Moths of Southeast Arizona lists several species.

Contributed by Cotinis on 12 August, 2004 - 4:56pm
Last updated 21 February, 2005 - 6:33am

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