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Genus Chytonix

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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 Elaphriini

Genus Chytonix

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Chytonix Grote, 1874

Paroligia Warren, 1913

Numbers

Nearctica.com lists five species in the genus.

There are 2 species of Chytonix in North America. (1)

Identification

Works Cited

1.	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.

Contributed by Cotinis on 17 May, 2004 - 6:07pm
Additional contributions by Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 24 April, 2019 - 5:15pm

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