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Tribe Cassymini

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White Moth - Protitame virginalis 8005305 - Nematocampa resistaria Caterpillar (?) found in Wisconsin - Nematocampa resistaria Taeniogramma mendicata - Hodges# 6424 - Taeniogramma - female Cabera variolaria or Protitame virginalis? - Protitame virginalis - female Lépidoptère - Nematocampa resistaria Possible caterpillar - Nematocampa resistaria Nematocampa resistaria
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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Geometroidea (Geometrid and Swallowtail Moths)
Family Geometridae (Geometrid Moths)
Subfamily Ennominae
Tribe Cassymini

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cassymini Holloway, 1993(1)

Numbers

Ferguson (2008) placed three genera in the tribe Cassymini(1)
Nematocampa
Protitame
Taeniogramma

Print References

Ferguson, Douglas C., The Moths of North America, Fascicle 17.2, Geometroidea, Geometridae, Ennominae (part: Abaxini, Cassymini, Macariini) 2008 p. 17, 26-27(1)

Works Cited

1.The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 17.2, Geometroidea, Geometridae, Ennominae.
Douglas C. Ferguson . 2008. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 16 January, 2011 - 2:47pm

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