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Subfamily Plusiinae - Looper Moths

Syngrapha alias Epigaea Looper - Hodges#8927 - Autographa ampla Noctuidae: Anagrapha falcifera - Anagrapha falcifera Noctuidae: Autographa ampla - Autographa ampla soybean looper - Chrysodeixis includens Diachrysia aereoides Lépidoptère - Diachrysia balluca Unknown Moth - Autographa corusca
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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)
Explanation of Names
Plusiinae Boisduval 1829
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Print References
Eichlin, T. D. 1975. A guide to the adult and larval Plusiinae of California (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). California Department of Agriculture Occasional Paper 21: 1-73 (1-73)
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: 1-122 (PDF)
Kitching, I. J. 1987. Spectacles and Silver Ys: a synthesis of the systematics, cladistics, and biology of the Plusiinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 54(2): 75-261
Ottolengui, R. 1919. Notes on the Plusiinae, with descriptions of new species and races. Jl. New York Ent. Soc. 27(3-4): 117-126, pl.15, f.1-14
Pogue, M. G. 2005. The Plusiinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Zootaxa 1032: 1–28 (PDF)
Works Cited
1.The Plusiinae (Lepidoptera:Noctuidae) of America north of Mexico, emphasizing genitalic and larval morphology
Thomas D. Eichlin, Hugh B. Cunningham. 1978. United States Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin 1567: 1-121.