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Genus Baniana

moth - Baniana minor Moth - Baniana minor Baniana minor - female
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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 Anobinae
Genus Baniana
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Baniana Walker, 1858
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed Baniana minor as the only member of the genus in America north of Mexico. (1)
Print References
Lafontaine J.D. & B.C. Schmidt, 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys 40: 30, 125, 177, 191, 217 (1)
Lafontaine, J.D. & B. Walsh, 2010. A review of the subfamily Anobinae with the description of a new species of Baniana Walker from North and Central America (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Anobinae). Zookeys 39: 7. (2)
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 .
2.A review of the subfamily Anobinae with the description of a new species of Baniana Walker from North and Central ...
Donald Lafontaine, Bruce Walsh. 2010. ZooKeys, 39: 3-11.