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Genus Metaxaglaea

Metaxaglaea viatica - Metaxaglaea australis - female

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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 Xylenini

Subtribe Xylenina

Genus Metaxaglaea

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Metaxaglaea (Franclemont, 1937)

Numbers

Nearctica lists 5 species.

Internet References

All Leps

Metaxaglaea of Louisiana

Contributed by Mike Boone on 15 November, 2005 - 7:43am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Robert Lord Zimlich
Last updated 22 January, 2014 - 2:09pm

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