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Genus Notodonta

Representative Images

Finned-willow Prominent - Notodonta scitipennis Notodonta pacifica Notodonta torva Northern Finned Prominent - Notodonta torva Notodonta pacifica Prominent larva - Notodonta Notodonta pacifica Lépidoptère - Notodonta scitipennis
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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 Notodontinae
Genus Notodonta

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Notodonta Ochsenheimer, 1810
Notodon Meigen, 1830
Mimodonta Matsumura, 1920
Microdontella Strand, 1934
Tritophia Kiriakoff, 1967
Eligmodonta Kiriakoff, 1967

Explanation of Names

Generic name Notodonta id from Greek meaning "back tooth", for the tooth-like projections on the inner edge of the forewings, that meet over the back. (1)

Range

Holarctic (represented throughout North America and Eurasia).

Print References

Ochsenheimer, F. 1810. Die schmetterlinge von Europa 45

Works Cited

1.An accentuated list of the British Lepidoptera, with hints on the derivation of the names.
Anonymous. 1858. The Entomological Societies of Oxford and Cambridge.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 10 July, 2005 - 7:06pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 28 June, 2014 - 2:26pm

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