Genus Xerociris

Classification · Numbers · Works Cited

Large Black Caterpillar - Xerociris wilsonii

Wilson's Wood-nymph - Hodges #9298 - Xerociris wilsonii

Please help us to identify this gem. - Xerociris wilsonii

Possible Eudryas unio - Xerociris wilsonii

Wilson's Wood-nymph Xerociris wilsonii - Xerociris wilsonii

#9298 - Xerociris wilsonii Caterpillar - Xerociris wilsonii

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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 Agaristinae

Genus Xerociris

Numbers

1 spp. (1)

Works Cited

1.	Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico. Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 1 September, 2006 - 4:58pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 4 September, 2009 - 9:29am

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