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Genus Ceranemota

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Ceranemota 01b - Ceranemota Moth - Ceranemota tearlei Ceranemota fasciata? - Ceranemota fasciata Ceranemota improvisa- Lutestring Moth 6242 - Ceranemota improvisa Moth attracted to light - Ceranemota Depranidae: Unknown Ceranemota - Ceranemota fasciata Unknown Moth - Ceranemota 850010 Ceranemota improvisa 6242 - Ceranemota
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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.
Contributed by Cotinis on 9 December, 2007 - 5:29am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 8 October, 2013 - 9:59am

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