Biology:Macrurocampa gigantea
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Short description: Species of moth
Macrurocampa gigantea | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Notodontidae |
Subfamily: | Heterocampinae |
Genus: | Macrurocampa |
Species: | M. gigantea
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Binomial name | |
Macrurocampa gigantea (Barnes & Benjamin, 1924)
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Macrurocampa gigantea is a species of moth in the family Notodontidae (the prominents).[1][2] It was first described by William Barnes and Foster Hendrickson Benjamin in and it is found in North America.
The MONA or Hodges number for Macrurocampa gigantea is 7972.[3]
This species was formerly a member of the genus Litodonta, but was transferred to Macrurocampa as a result of research published in 2021.[4]
References
- ↑ "Litodonta gigantea". https://www.gbif.org/species/1825220. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ↑ "Macrurocampa gigantea Species Information". https://bugguide.net/node/view/336203. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ↑ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Macrurocampa gigantea". http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=7972. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ↑ Miller, James S.; Wagner, David L.; Opler, Paul A.; Lafontaine, J. Donald (2021). The Moths of North America, Fascicle 22.1B, Noctuoidea, Notodontidae (Part 2, Conclusion). Heterocampinae, Nystaleinae, Dioptinae, Dicranurinae. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. ISBN 978-0979663352.
Further reading
- Lafontaine, J. Donald; Schmidt, B. Christian (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys (40): 127–47. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414.
- Lafontaine, J. Donald; Schmidt, B. Christian (2015). "Additions and corrections to the checklist of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico, III". ZooKeys (527): 227–236. doi:10.3897/zookeys.527.6151. PMID 26692790.
- Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/302570819.
Wikidata ☰ Q13480991 entry
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