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Genus Nychioptera

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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 Boletobiinae
Tribe Phytometrini
Genus Nychioptera
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Nychioptera Franclemont, 1966
Numbers
Three Nychioptera species are found in America north of Mexico.(1)
N. noctuidalis (Dyar, 1907)(2)
N. opada Franclemont, 1966(2)
N. accola Franclemont, 1966(2)
Identification
Adults - See Franclemont's complete description(2)
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.A new genus, Nychioptera, with descriptions of two new species and notes on the genus Hemeroplanis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
John G. Franclemont. 1966. Proceedings of The Entomological Society of Washington 68: 295-306.