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Genus Oslaria

Representative Images

Green Oslaria - Oslaria viridifera moth - Oslaria viridifera Green Oslaria - Oslaria viridifera Green Oslaria - Oslaria viridifera Green Oslaria? - Oslaria viridifera Oslaria pura Oslaria pura Oslaria pura
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both

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 Amphipyrinae
Tribe Psaphidini
Subtribe Nocloina
Genus Oslaria

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Oslaria Dyar, 1904

Numbers

3 species worldwide

Identification

Adult: O. viridifera has green wings; O. pura has white wings - see links to photos of both in Internet References section below

Range

Arizona to Texas

Print References

Dyar, H. G. 1904. New species of North American lepidoptera and a new limacodid larva. Jl. New York Ent. Soc. 12: 41

Internet References

pinned adult images of O. viridifera and O. pura (Bruce Walsh, Moths of Southeastern Arizona)
presence in Texas; list plus location and date [search on genus "Oslaria"] (Lepidopterists Society Season Summary, U. of Florida)
number of world species (Brian Pitkin, Butterflies and Moths of the World)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 31 July, 2007 - 2:44pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 27 March, 2013 - 1:54pm

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