Biology:Cisthene kentuckiensis
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Short description: Species of moth
| Kentucky lichen moth | |
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| Cisthene kentuckiensis, East Texas | |
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. kentuckiensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Cisthene kentuckiensis (Dyar, 1904)
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Cisthene kentuckiensis, the Kentucky lichen moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1904. It is found in the United States from New Jersey south to northern Florida, and west to Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas .[1][2]
The larvae feed on lichens.[3]
References
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Cisthene Walker, 1854". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/arctiidae/lithosiinae/cisthene/. Retrieved August 9, 2017.
- ↑ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
- ↑ Bug Guide
Wikidata ☰ Q16751440 entry
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