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Species Papestra biren - Hodges#10311

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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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