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Genus Spragueia

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Print References · Works Cited
Spotted Spragueia - Spragueia guttata moth - Spragueia onagrus Small Moth - Spragueia leo Common Spragueia Moth - Spragueia leo Spragueia magnifica orange and black moth - Spragueia leo Black, White and Orange Micro - Spragueia leo No. 253 Spragueia obatra? - Spragueia obatra
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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 Acontiinae (Bird Dropping Moths)
Tribe Acontiini
Genus Spragueia
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Spragueia Grote, 1875
Explanation of Names
Named in honor of Henry S. Sprague, founding member and treasurer of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences.
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 12 species of the genus Spragueia in America north of Mexico.(1)
Print References
Grote, A.R. 1875. Check list of the Noctuidae of America, North of Mexico. 25
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 .
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 25 September, 2004 - 9:57am
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 4 August, 2014 - 12:00pm

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