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Genus Ceranemota

Moth - Ceranemota tearlei Ceranemota tearlei  Alberta Lutestring - Ceranemota albertae Unknown Caterpillar - Ceranemota Moth attracted to light - Ceranemota Drepanidae: Ceranemota crumbi - Ceranemota crumbi Drepanidae: Ceranemota fasciata - Ceranemota fasciata Drepanidae: Ceranemota crumbi - Ceranemota crumbi
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Drepanoidea (Hooktip and False Owlet Moths)
Family Drepanidae (Hooktip and False Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Thyatirinae (False Owlet Moths)
Tribe Ceranemotini
Genus Ceranemota
Explanation of Names
Author is Clarke, 1938 Bull. South. Calif. Acad. Sci. 37: 56. (John Frederick Gates Clarke, 1905-1990, Canadian, worked at USDA and Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History--see NY Times obituary 21 September 1990)
Numbers
There are 7 named species of the genus Ceranemota in America north of Mexico. (1)
Print References
Clarke, J.F.G. & F.H. Benjamin 1938. A study of some North American moths allied to the Thyatirid genus Bombycia Hubner. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 37(2). (2)
Internet References
Pacific Northwest Moths - several species compared.
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.A study of some North American moths allied to the Thyatirid genus Bombycia (Hubner)
J. F. Gates Clarke, Foster H. Benjamin. 1938. Bulletin of The Southern California Academy of Sciences 37: 55-77.