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Genus Eudryas - Wood Nymphs

Beautiful Wood Nymph - Eudryas grata Moth #1 - Eudryas unio Noctuidae: Eudryas unio - Eudryas unio neat moth - Eudryas unio Pearly Wood-Nymph - Eudryas unio Mystery moth - Eudryas grata Pearly Wood Nymph - Eudryas unio Beautiful Wood-Nymph - Hodges#9301 - Eudryas grata
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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 Agaristinae
Genus Eudryas (Wood Nymphs)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eudryas Boisduval 1836
Explanation of Names
Greek dryas or dryad is a mythological wood-nymph (spirit). The prefix -eu is also Greek, meaning "good, well, or true" (Internet searches).
Numbers
Nearctica (1) lists three species.