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

Family Euteliidae

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Works Cited
Pygmy Paectes - Hodges#8959 - Paectes pygmaea Large Paectes - Hodges#8962 - Paectes abrostoloides Moth - Paectes - male 8956 Light Marathyssa Moth (Marathyssa basalis) - Marathyssa basalis Eutelia pulcherrima - Beautiful Eutelia - Marathyssa basalis swirl moth - Paectes oculatrix - male Eutelia pulcherrimus - male Moth - Paectes abrostolella - 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 Euteliidae
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Formerly subfamily Euteliinae, placed in Noctuidae or Erebidae.
Explanation of Names
Author: Grote, 1882
Numbers
18 species in three genera in our area.(1)(2)(3)
Identification
All 18 described species of Euteliidae found in North America north of Mexico are included here with the exception of two species without images in the guide, leaving 16 described species with images on this page.

Eutelia — 3 species

E. furcata                                                       E. pulcherrimus                                              E. pyrastis
♂                                ♀                                 ♂                                ♀                                ♂                                 ♀
         

Marathyssa — 3 species

M. inficita                                                       M. basalis                                                       M. minus
♂                                ♀                                 ♂                                ♀                                ♂                                 ♀
          [missing]

Paectes — 12 species

P. oculatrix                                                     P. pygmaea                                                    P. abrostolella                                                 P. declinata
♂                                ♀                                 ♂                                ♀                                ♂                                 ♀                                ♂                                 ♀
              [missing]

P. abrostoloides                                              P. hercules                                                     P. lunodes                                                       P. fuscescens
♂                                ♀                                 ♂                                ♀                                ♂                                 ♀                                ♂                                 ♀
    [missing]                     [missing]                     [missing]                     [missing]                     [missing]                     

P. acutangula                                                 P. nubifera                                                     P. nana                                                           P. asper
♂                                ♀                                 ♂                                ♀                                ♂                                 ♀                                ♂                                 ♀
  [missing]                           [missing]                      [missing]                     
Works Cited
1.Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.
Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .
2.Additions and corrections to the checklist of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico
J. Donald Lafontaine & B. Christian Schmidt. 2011. Zookeys, 149.1805.
3.Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico III
Lafontaine J.D. & B.C. Schmidt. 2015. ZooKeys 527: 127-147.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 20 March, 2010 - 1:59am
Additional contributions by Kyhl Austin, Blocky
Last updated 31 January, 2022 - 11:45pm

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