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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Notodontinae » Pheosia

Genus Pheosia

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Remarks · Works Cited
Pheosia portlandia - Pheosia californica - male Black-Rimmed Prominent? - Pheosia rimosa Notodontidae: Pheosia rimosa - Pheosia californica Black-rimmed Prominent - Pheosia rimosa Pheosia rimosa Black-rimmed Prominent - Pheosia rimosa Pheosia rimosa Unknown Moth - Pheosia californica - male
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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 Notodontidae (Prominent Moths)
Subfamily Notodontinae
Genus Pheosia
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pheosia Hübner, [1819]
Numbers
Nomina Nearctica lists two species.
Remarks
(updated 2024) This information below applies to individuals with mostly white-colored wings. All of the mostly brown-grey winged individuals are (probably) = californica
The key in the new fascicle says: (1)
Forewing with a thin, oblique white mark at the base of large black subapical dash = rimosa
Forewing with a small white quadrate bar at the base of large black subapical dash = californica
Works Cited
1.The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 22.1A
Miller, J.S., D.L. Wagner, P.A. Opler & J.D. Lafontaine. 2018. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 22 February, 2005 - 9:59pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 9 May, 2024 - 9:56am

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