Biology:Afotella
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Short description: Genus of moths
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Tribe: | Hadenini |
| Genus: | Afotella Barnes & Benjamin, 1926 |
| Species: | A. cylindrica
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| Afotella cylindrica Grote, 1880
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Afotella is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by William Barnes and Foster Hendrickson Benjamin in 1926. Its only species, Afotella cylindrica, was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1880. It is found in western North America from Saskatchewan and Alberta south to California .[1]
The wingspan is about 25 mm.
References
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Afotella Barnes & Benjamin, 1926". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/hadeninae/afotella/. Retrieved June 10, 2019.
- Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Noctuidae". Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusList3.dsml?&FAMILY=Noctuidae&sort=GENUS.
External links
- "Species Details Afotella cylindrica". E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum. https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-4791.
- "932821.00 – 9841 – Afotella cylindrica – (Grote, 1880)". Mississippi State University. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=9841. Retrieved June 10, 2019. With images.
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