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Genus Magusa

Orbed Narrow-wing - Hodges#9637.1 - Magusa divaricata

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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 Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)

Tribe Dypterygiini

Genus Magusa

Numbers

Two Magusa species occur in America north of Mexico.(1)

Print References

Lafontaine J. D., and B. C. Schmidt 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America North of Mexico. p. 73.(1)

Works Cited

1.	Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 21 February, 2005 - 9:58pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman
Last updated 2 September, 2012 - 4:48pm

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