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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Eulepidotinae » Phyprosopus

Genus Phyprosopus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Works Cited
My guess: Geometer Caterpillar? - Phyprosopus callitrichoides Phyprosopus callitrichoides, Curve-lined Owlet, Hodges #8525? - Phyprosopus callitrichoides Odd Nose Moth - Phyprosopus callitrichoides Phyprosopus callitrichoides Curve-lined Owlet - Phyprosopus callitrichoides Inch Worm? - Phyprosopus callitrichoides Curve-lined Owlet Moth - Phyprosopus callitrichoides Hodges #8525 - Curve-lined Owlet - Phyprosopus callitrichoides
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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 Eulepidotinae
Genus Phyprosopus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Phyprosopus Grote, 1872
Numbers
Nearctica (1) lists 2 species:
There is now only one species in the genus. (2)(3) (updated 2021)
Phyprosopus calligrapha Hampson 1926 (Sudariophora) This species has been moved to synonymy with Psammathodoxa cochlidioides - Hodges #8529. (updated 2021)
Phyprosopus callitrichoides Grote 1872 (Phyprosopus)
Works Cited
1.Nearctica: Nomina Insecta Nearctica
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.Wikipedia
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 2 July, 2021 - 10:55pm

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