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Psaphida
Genus
Psaphida
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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
Amphipyrinae
Tribe
Psaphidini
Subtribe
Psaphidina
Genus
Psaphida
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Psaphida
Walker, 1865
Copivaleria
Grote, 1883
Dicopis
(synonymous)
(
1
)
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed seven species of the genus
Psaphida
in America north of Mexico.
(
2
)
Works Cited
1.
Wikipedia
2.
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
Tony DiTerlizzi
on 2 April, 2005 - 10:24pm
Additional contributions by
Maury Heiman
,
Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 11 February, 2020 - 2:00pm