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Genus Rifargia

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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 Notodontidae (Prominent Moths)
Subfamily Heterocampinae
Genus Rifargia
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Rifargia Walker, 1862
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed three species of the genus Rifargia in America north of Mexico. (1), (2), (3)
Rifargia bichorda
Rifargia distinguenda
Rifargia lineata
Print References
Walker, F., 1862. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 3(1): 258.
Works Cited
1.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.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 Maury J. Heiman on 13 July, 2013 - 3:49pm
Last updated 2 December, 2013 - 2:11pm

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