Biology:Dicentria
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Short description: Genus of moths
Dicentria | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Notodontidae |
Subfamily: | Heterocampinae |
Genus: | Dicentria Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 |
Dicentria is a genus of moths of the family Notodontidae. The genus contains about 46 described species occurring from Mexico south to Bolivia and Paraguay. Its affinities to the North American genera Schizura and Oligocentria are not fully understood.[1]
Selected species
- Dicentria argyroma Miller, 2011
- Dicentria centralis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
- Dicentria cymatila Miller, 2011
- Dicentria violascens (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
References
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- ↑ Miller, James S.; Thiaucourt, Paul (November 1, 2011). "Diversity of Prominent Moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) in the Cloud Forests of Northeastern Ecuador, with Descriptions of 27 New Species". Annals of the Entomological Society of America 104 (6): 1033–1077. doi:10.1603/AN10141. http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1603/AN10141.
Wikidata ☰ Q13480627 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicentria.
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