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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) » Dypterygiini » Trachea

Genus Trachea

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Print References · Works Cited
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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 Dypterygiini
Genus Trachea
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Trachea Ochsenheimer, 1816
Achatis Billberg, 1820
Explanation of Names
Generic epithet Trachea from Greek meaning "rough" (1), (2)
Print References
Ochsenheimer, F. 1816. Die schmetterlinge von Europa 4: 75
Works Cited
1.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
2.An accentuated list of the British Lepidoptera, with hints on the derivation of the names.
Anonymous. 1858. The Entomological Societies of Oxford and Cambridge.
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 5 October, 2013 - 4:03pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 29 June, 2014 - 8:34pm

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