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Genus Rachiplusia

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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 Autoplusiina

Genus Rachiplusia

Explanation of Names

Rachiplusia Hampson, 1913

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: 20 (PDF download)

Hampson, G. F. 1913. Catalogue of the Noctuidae in the collection of the British Museum. Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 13: 410

Contributed by Cotinis on 19 February, 2005 - 12:29pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 1 March, 2013 - 1:55pm

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