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Genus Syngrapha

819 Syngrapha alias -Hooked Silver Y Moth 8939 - Syngrapha alias - female Epigaea Looper - Syngrapha epigaea Owlet moth - Syngrapha rectangula Dusky Silver Y - Hodges#8926 - Syngrapha octoscripta Salt and Pepper Looper - Syngrapha rectangula Noctuidae: Syngrapha octoscripta - Syngrapha octoscripta Spruce False Looper Moth - Syngrapha viridisigma Noctuidae: Syngrapha alias - Syngrapha alias
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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 Plusiinae (Looper Moths)
Tribe Plusiini
Subtribe Plusiina
Genus Syngrapha
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Syngrapha Hübner, [1821]
syn. Caloplusia Smith, 1884
Palaeographa Klyuchko, 1983
Diasyngrapha Beck, 1991
Microsyngrapha Beck, 1991
Parsyngrapha Beck, 1991
Aingrapha Beck, 1991
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2012) listed 24 species of the genus Syngrapha in America north of Mexico. (1)
Print References
Eichlin, T. D. & H. B. Cunningham 1978. The Plusiinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of America north of Mexico, emphasizing genitalic and larval morphology. USDA Tech. Bulletin 1567: 1-122. (2)
Ottolengui, R. 1902. Plusia and allied genera with descriptions of new species. Jl. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 10(2): 57-77, pl. 6-9
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.The Plusiinae (Lepidoptera:Noctuidae) of America north of Mexico, emphasizing genitalic and larval morphology
Thomas D. Eichlin, Hugh B. Cunningham. 1978. United States Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin 1567: 1-121.
Contributed by Chuck Entz on 19 February, 2006 - 6:33pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 16 January, 2014 - 6:58pm

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