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Genus Hyparpax

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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 Notodontidae (Prominent Moths)

Subfamily Heterocampinae

Genus Hyparpax

Explanation of Names

Hyparpax Hübner, [1825]

Sangata Walker, 1860

Numbers

There are five named species of Hyparpax in America north of Mexico. (1), (2)

Works Cited

1.	Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico. Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.

2.	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 .

Contributed by Cotinis on 14 May, 2004 - 2:33pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 22 May, 2013 - 10:00pm

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