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Species Macristis schausi - Hodges#8403

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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 Erebidae
Subfamily Herminiinae (Litter Moths)
Genus Macristis
Species schausi (Macristis schausi - Hodges#8403)
Hodges Number
8403
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Macristis schausi Barnes & Benjamin, 1924
Print References
Barnes, W. & F.H. Benjamin, 1924. Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America, 5(3): 176.