Biology:Cisthene subjecta
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Short description: Species of moth
| Subject lichen moth | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Cisthene |
| Species: | C. subjecta
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| Binomial name | |
| Cisthene subjecta Walker, 1854
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Cisthene subjecta, the subject lichen moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1854. It is found in the south-eastern United States, where it has been recorded from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Indiana , Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas .[1][2]
The wingspan is about 12 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing year round.
References
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Cisthene subjecta Walker, 1854". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/lithosiinae/cisthene/#subjecta. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
- ↑ Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University.
Wikidata ☰ Q16751460 entry
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