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Phlyctaina
Sign in to savePhlyctaina is a monotypic litter moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Phlyctaina irrigualis, is found in North America. Both the genus and species were first described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1890.
Species
Skirted Owlet
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyErebidae
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Phlyctaina is a monotypic litter moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Phlyctaina irrigualis, is found in North America. Both the genus and species were first described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1890.
The MONA or Hodges number for Phlyctaina irrigualis is 8392.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Phlyctaina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.