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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cydosiinae » Cydosia » Cydosia majuscula - Hodges#8999.1 (Cydosia majuscula)

Species Cydosia majuscula - Hodges#8999.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Small black moth w/ yellow eyes - Cydosia majuscula Cydosia majuscula Black Flying Insect (Moth?) - Cydosia majuscula Cydosia majuscula - Hodges#8999.1 - Cydosia majuscula Cydosia majuscula - Hodges#8999.1. - Cydosia majuscula
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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 Cydosiinae
Genus Cydosia
Species majuscula (Cydosia majuscula - Hodges#8999.1)
Hodges Number
8999.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cydosia majuscula (Edwards, 1881) (1)
Penthetria majuscula Edwards, 1881
* Phylogenetic sequence #931254.1
Elevated to species from synonymy with P. aurivitta in Lafontaine & Schmidt (2015) (1)
Print References
Edwards, H. 1881. A new genus and some new forms of North American Zygaenidae. Papilio. 1: 80
Internet References
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)
MPG
Works Cited
1.Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico III
Lafontaine J.D. & B.C. Schmidt. 2015. ZooKeys 527: 127-147.
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Steve Nanz on 30 July, 2016 - 5:55am
Additional contributions by Blocky
Last updated 13 February, 2023 - 3:04pm

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