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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Nystaleinae » Symmerista » Suave Prominent - Hodges#7954 (Symmerista suavis)

Species Symmerista suavis - Suave Prominent - Hodges#7954

Classification · Hodges Number · Identification · Range · Internet References
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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 Notodontidae (Prominent Moths)
Subfamily Nystaleinae
Genus Symmerista
Species suavis (Suave Prominent - Hodges#7954)
Hodges Number
7954
Identification
Similar to Symmerista zacualpana, which is also common in the Southwest, but paler and more mottled overall
Range
Southwestern United States (southern California, Arizona, New Mexico, and perhaps west Texas)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG)
Barcode of Life (BOLD)
Contributed by Paul Dennehy on 16 February, 2018 - 12:48pm
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 26 March, 2022 - 1:35pm

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