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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) » Xylenini » Xylenina » Eupsilia

Genus Eupsilia

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Caterpillars on Viburnum dentatum. Caterpillar 1. 5/3/12 - Eupsilia Noctuidae: Eupsilia vinulenta - Eupsilia vinulenta Straight-toothed Sallow - Hodges#9933 - Eupsilia vinulenta Eupsilia tristigmata? - Eupsilia Eupsilia Caterpillar on Floerkea proserpinacoides - Eupsilia Moth - Eupsilia Owlet moth - Eupsilia tristigmata
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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 Xylenini
Subtribe Xylenina
Genus Eupsilia
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eupsilia Hübner, [1821]
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed eight species of the genus north of Mexico. (1)
6 species in Canada (CBIF)
Range
coast to coast in southern Canada and most of United States except the deep south
Print References
Hübner, [1821]. Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge. 15: 231.
Internet References
pinned adult images of all 6 species occurring in Canada (CBIF)
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 .
Contributed by A.W. Thomas on 31 March, 2005 - 5:31pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Maury Heiman
Last updated 5 December, 2013 - 9:49pm

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