Genus Apocrisias

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Print References · Works Cited

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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 Arctiinae (Tiger and Lichen Moths)

Tribe Arctiini (Tiger Moths)

Subtribe Phaegopterina

Genus Apocrisias

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Apocrisias Franclemont, 1966 (1)

Numbers

Apocrisias thaumasta is the only member of the genus found in America north of Mexico. (2)

Print References

Franclemont, J.G. 1966. Two new species of Arctiidae from southern Arizona (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Arctiinae). Proceedings of The Entomological Society of Washington 68: 255. (1)

Works Cited

1.	Two new species of Arctiidae from southern Arizona (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Arctiinae) John G. Franclemont. 1966. Proceedings of The Entomological Society of Washington 68: 250-257 .

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 Maury J. Heiman on 28 August, 2010 - 9:22am
Last updated 26 April, 2013 - 8:03pm

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