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Genus Orthodes

caterpillar on a fern - Orthodes majuscula Armyworm/Cutworm? - Orthodes majuscula Lined Moth - Orthodes majuscula Orthodes majuscula Detracted Arches - Orthodes detracta rustic quaker - Orthodes majuscula Cynical Quaker - Orthodes cynica Lépidoptère - Orthodes cynica
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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 Eriopygini
Genus Orthodes
Numbers
7 species in North America (nearctica.com)
4 species in Canada (CBIF)
Range
represented throughout North America
Internet References
pinned adult images of all 4 species occurring in Canada (CBIF)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 26 July, 2005 - 11:52pm

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