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

Subfamily Pangraptinae

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Decorated Owlet Moth - Hodges #8490 - Pangrapta decoralis ????? moth - Ledaea perditalis Decorated Owlet - Pangrapta decoralis Mating Ledaea perditalis - Ledaea perditalis - male - female Decorated Owlet - Pangrapta decoralis Pangrapta decoralis Pangrapta decoralis Metarranthis homuraria ? - Pangrapta decoralis
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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 Pangraptinae
Explanation of Names
Author: Grote, 1882
Numbers
2 North American species:
Pangrapta decoralis Hübner, 1818
Ledaea perditalis (Walker, 1859)
See Also
Each species looks similar to a Geometrid genus. Ledaea perditalis looks similar to Digrammia spp., while Pangrapta decoralis looks similar to Metarranthis spp.. In each case, the labial palpi are shorter and much less prominent in the geometrid look-alike. Compare:



Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 20 March, 2010 - 1:06am
Additional contributions by Blocky
Last updated 8 July, 2016 - 4:33pm

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