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Genus Cisseps

Yellow-collared Scape Moth - Cisseps fulvicollis

End Creek scape moth - Cisseps fulvicollis

Orange-collared Scape Moth - Cisseps fulvicollis

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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 Arctiinae (Tiger and Lichen Moths)

Tribe Arctiini (Tiger Moths)

Subtribe Ctenuchina

Genus Cisseps

Other Common Names

Scape moths

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cisseps Franclemont, 1936

Explanation of Names

Origin of this name is unclear, but a good guess is that it is an anagram of the original name for this genus Scepsis!

These moths were originally classified in genus Scepsis. Thus "scape moth"? Himmelman, in MIACY says that "scape" refers to the long basal joint of the antenna. Die.net Dictionary says: Scape, n. [L. scapus shaft, stem, stalk; cf. Gr. ? a staff: cf. F. scape. Cf. Scepter.] 1. (Bot.) A peduncle rising from the ground or from a subterranean stem, as in the stemless violets, the bloodroot, and the like. 2. (Zool.) The long basal joint of the antenn[ae] of an insect. 3. (Arch.) (a) The shaft of a column. (b) The apophyge of a shaft.

Numbers

Nearctica.com lists 3 species: fulvicollis, packardii, wrightii .

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis
Last updated 13 July, 2010 - 10:11pm

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