Biology:Apocrisias
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Short description: Genus of moths
| Apocrisias | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Apocrisias Franclemont, 1966 |
| Species: | A. thaumasta
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| Binomial name | |
| Apocrisias thaumasta Franclemont, 1966
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Apocrisias is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae. Its single species, Apocrisias thaumasta, is found in the United States in southern Arizona and in Mexico.[1] Both the genus and species were first described by John G. Franclemont in 1966.[2][3]
The wingspan is 49–56 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from July to August.[4]
References
- ↑ "930379.00 – 8219 – Apocrisias thaumasta – Franclemont, 1966". Mississippi State University. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=8219. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
- ↑ Savela, Markku, ed. "Apocrisias Franclemont, 1966". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/arctiinae/apocrisias/. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
- ↑ Pitkin, Brian; Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Apocrisias Franclemont, 1966". Natural History Museum, London. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/butmoth/search/GenusDetails.dsml?NUMBER=2259.0. Retrieved October 14, 2020.
- ↑ Heiman, Maury J. (April 26, 2013). "Species Apocrisias thaumasta - Hodges#8219". http://bugguide.net/node/view/448041. Retrieved September 9, 2019.
Wikidata ☰ Q4780137 entry
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