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Dicentria
Sign in to saveDicentria 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.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 12
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Notodontidae
- Collections
- ECOSUR, USNM, MHNCA, FMNH
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Ecuador, Brazil, Argentina, United States, French Guiana
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Notodontidae
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- taxon name
- Dicentria
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Dicentria
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Selected species
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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.
==Selected species== Dicentria argyroma Miller, 2011 Dicentria centralis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) Dicentria cymatila Miller, 2011 Dicentria violascens (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
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