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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Noctuini » Agrotina » Peridroma

Genus Peridroma

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Print References · Works Cited
Pearly Underwing - Peridroma saucia Caterpillar - Peridroma saucia Unknown Moth - Peridroma saucia Noctuidae: Peridroma saucia - Peridroma saucia Peridroma saucia Variegated Cutworm moth - Peridroma saucia Peridroma saucia (Variegated Cutworm) - Peridroma saucia Variegated Cutworm - Hodges#10915 - Peridroma saucia
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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 Noctuini
Subtribe Agrotina
Genus Peridroma
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Peridroma Hübner, [1821]; Verz. bek. Schmett. (15): 227
Numbers
Peridroma saucia – (Hübner, [1808] is the only species in the genus found in America north of Mexico.(1)
Print References
Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico (2)
Lafontaine JD, Schmidt BC (2010) Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America North of Mexico. (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 .
2.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 21 February, 2005 - 10:01pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 9 July, 2012 - 10:12pm

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