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Genus Tyrissa

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Tyrissa multilinea Barnes & McDunnough - Tyrissa multilinea Tyrissa multilinea - Hodges #8650 - Tyrissa multilinea Geometridae?? - Tyrissa multilinea moth - Tyrissa multilinea Tyrissa multilinea Texas SE Gulf Coast - Tyrissa multilinea No. 229 Tyrissa multilinea? - Tyrissa multilinea moth - Tyrissa multilinea
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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 Erebinae
Tribe Omopterini
Genus Tyrissa

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Tyrissa Walker, 1866

Numbers

2 species in NA, about 12 species total (1)

Identification

Falcate forewings with an angle in middle of outer margin; all wings crossed by numerous parallel crosslines; brown PM line on forewing curves inward near costa.

Range

U.S.: FL (2 spp.) and TX (1 sp.). Genus ranges south to Brazil.

Print References

Pohl & Nanz, 2023, Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America North of Mexico (1)

Works Cited

1.Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
Pohl, G. R. and S. R. Nanz (eds.). 2023. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 5 January, 2009 - 10:44am
Additional contributions by Chuck Sexton, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 8 August, 2024 - 1:54pm

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