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Species Pseudorgyia versuta - Hodges#8512

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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 Scolecocampinae
Genus Pseudorgyia
Species versuta (Pseudorgyia versuta - Hodges#8512)
Hodges Number
8512
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pseudorgyia versuta Harvey, 1875
Range
Texas
Remarks
Harvey's 1875 publication (see link below) describes a moth with "concolorous, blackish fuscous" forewings. The placement of these Texas images might be uncertain.
Print References
Harvey, 1875. Observations on North American Moths (Second paper). Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. 2: 284