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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Hadenini » Papestra » Papestra biren - Hodges#10311 (Papestra biren)

Species Papestra biren - Hodges#10311

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Habitat · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Glaucous Shears Moth - Papestra biren
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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 Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)
Tribe Hadenini
Genus Papestra
Species biren (Papestra biren - Hodges#10311)
Hodges Number
10311
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Papestra biren (Goeze, 1781)
Phalaena biren Goeze, 1781
Phylogenetic sequence # 932893
Size
Forewing length 15-17 mm. (1)
Habitat
Boreal spruce-fir forest. (1)
Remarks
Introduced from Eurasia.
Internet References
Pacific Northwest Moths (1)
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Works Cited
1.Pacific Northwest Moths
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 13 June, 2013 - 9:50am
Last updated 18 June, 2013 - 8:45pm

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