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Genus Chamaeclea

Moth # 07-287 - Chamaeclea pernana Chamaeclea basiochrea - Hodges #9790 - Chamaeclea basiochrea Chamaeclea pernana moth - Chamaeclea basiochrea Chamaeclea pernana Chamaeclea pernana Bird Dropping Moth - Chamaeclea pernana Chamaeclea pernana
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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 Acontiinae (Bird Dropping Moths)
Tribe Chamaecleini
Genus Chamaeclea
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Chamaeclea Grote(1), 1883
Numbers
There are two named species of Chamaeclea in America north of Mexico. (2), (3)
Chamaeclea pernana Grote(1)
Chamaeclea basiochrea Barnes & McDunnough
Remarks
Type species: Chamaeclea pernana Grote (1)
Works Cited
1.Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.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 john and jane balaban on 20 February, 2008 - 7:16pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 19 March, 2013 - 11:46am

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