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Genus Spiramater

Caterpillar - Spiramater lutra Caterpillar - Spiramater lutra Otter Spiramater Moth - Spiramater lutra Otter Spiramater Moth - Spiramater lutra Olicve angled shades? - Spiramater lutra Otter Spiramater - Spiramater lutra Otter Spiramater  - Spiramater lutra Spiramater lutra
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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 Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)
Tribe Hadenini
Genus Spiramater
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
genus often misspelled Spirameter
Numbers
1 species in North America (nearctica.com)
1 species in Canada (CBIF)
Range
coast to coast in southern Canada and northern US (one species, S. lutra, occurs south to Arizona in the west)
Remarks
Spiramater grandis is now renamed Lacanobia grandis (Guenée, 1852) (1)
Internet References
pinned adult images of both species in North America (CBIF)
Works Cited
1.Wikipedia