Biology:Phlyctaina

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Short description: Genus of moths

Phlyctaina
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Phlyctaina
Moschler, 1890
Species:
P. irrigualis
Binomial name
Phlyctaina irrigualis
Moschler, 1890

Phlyctaina is a monotypic litter moth genus of the family Erebidae.[1][2] Its only species, Phlyctaina irrigualis, is found in North America.[3][4][5] Both the genus and species were first described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1890.[6][7]

The MONA or Hodges number for Phlyctaina irrigualis is 8392.[8]

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