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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Genus Trichordestra

Yellow-Striped Caterpillar on Morningglory - Trichordestra legitima Noctuidae: Trichordestra legitima - Trichordestra legitima Hodges#10732 - Trichordestra prodeniformis Unknown Moth - Trichordestra legitima Trichordestra legitima Trichordestra? Caterpillar - Trichordestra liquida Striped Garden Caterpillar Moth - Trichordestra legitima Trichordestra lilacina
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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 Trichordestra
Numbers
8 species in North America (nearctica.com)
6 species in western Canada
4 species in eastern Canada
Range
southern Canada and most of United States
Internet References
pinned adult images of 6 western species (CBIF)
pinned adult images of 4 eastern species (CBIF)