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Genus Inopsis

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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 Arctiinae (Tiger and Lichen Moths)
Tribe Lithosiini (Lichen Moths)
Subtribe Lithosiina
Genus Inopsis
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Inopsis Felder, 1874
Numbers
Inopsis has two species in America north of Mexico. (1)
Inopsis modulata (Edwards)
Inopsis funerea (Grote)
Remarks
Felder figured the genus without a written description. This was his method for many genera.
Print References
Felder, 1874. Reise. Nov. Lep. 4: t. 106, fig. 4.
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 .