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Subtribe Lithosiina

Erebidae: Crambidia casta - Crambidia casta

Dark Gray Lichen Moth - Crambidia lithosioides - male

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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 Lithosiini (Lichen Moths)

Subtribe Lithosiina

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Formerly tribe Lithosiini, when the current Lithosiini was Lithosiinae and the current Arctiinae was Arctiidae.

Explanation of Names

Author: Billberg, 1820

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 19 March, 2010 - 11:04pm

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