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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Looper Moths (Plusiinae) » Plusiini » Euchalciina » Polychrysia

Genus Polychrysia

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Delphinium Leaftier - Polychrysia esmeralda Polychrysia esmeralda - Polychrysia esmeralda Polychrysia morigera Disjunct Looper - Polychrysia morigera Polychrysia morigera Looper Moth - Polychrysia morigera Polychrysia morigera Polychrysia morigera - Polychrysia morigera
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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 Plusiinae (Looper Moths)
Tribe Plusiini
Subtribe Euchalciina
Genus Polychrysia
Explanation of Names
Polychrysia Hübner, 1821
Print References
Eichlin, T. D. & H. B. Cunningham 1978. The Plusiinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of America north of Mexico, emphasizing genitalic and larval morphology. USDA Tech. Bulletin 1567: 23 (PDF download)
Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 9 November, 2008 - 3:30am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 1 March, 2013 - 10:04am

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