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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Scolecocampinae » Arugisa

Genus Arugisa

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Common Arugisa - Hodges#8509 - Arugisa lutea Unknown Moth - Arugisa lutea A moth - ID please. - Arugisa lutea A latiorella? - Arugisa Common Arugisa - Arugisa lutea Arugisa lutea - Common Arugisa - Arugisa lutea Moth to porch light - Arugisa Moth to porch light - Arugisa lutea
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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 Scolecocampinae
Genus Arugisa
Numbers
Three Arugisa species occur in America north of Mexico.(1)
Arugisa lutea (Smith, 1900)
Arugisa latiorella (Walker, 1863)
Arugisa punctalis (Barnes & McDunnough, 1916)
Identification
Remarks
Arugisa latiorella (Walker, 1863) is now the valid name for the less common, brown-colored species, formerly known as A. Watsoni.
Arugisa lutea  (Smith, 1900) is now the valid name for the common, golden-colored species, formerly known as A. latiorella.
Print References
Lafontaine J. D., and B. C. Schmidt 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America North of Mexico. pp. 27, 121.[ (1)
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 Robin McLeod on 6 September, 2006 - 12:36pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Robert Lord Zimlich, Randy Hardy
Last updated 10 May, 2015 - 4:30pm

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