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Genus Psilopleura

Psilopleura polia - Hodges #8276.1 - Psilopleura polia - male
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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 Arctiini (Tiger Moths)
Subtribe Euchromiina
Genus Psilopleura
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Psilopleura Druce, 1898
Numbers
The genus Psilopleura has two species listed for America, north of Mexico. (1)
Psilopleura vittata
Psilopleura polia
Print References
Druce, H., 1898. LXII. Descriptions of some new species of Syntomidae, chiefly in the Oxford Museum. Annuals and Magazine of Natural History, 7(1): 407.
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 .