Acidon

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Acidon
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A. pseudohypena
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Acidon
Hampson, 1896
Type species
Acidon paradoxa
Hampson, 1896

Acidon is a genus of moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was erected by George Hampson in 1896. [1] [2] [3]

Species

Some species of this genus are: [4] [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku (March 4, 2012). "Acidon Hampson, 1896". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  2. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Acidon​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  3. ↑ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Acidon Hampson, 1896". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London . Retrieved February 15, 2020.
  4. ↑ Lödl, M. (1998). "Revision der Gattungen Acidon Hampson, 1896 und Hiaspis Walker, [1866] 1865 subfam.comb.n. (Lepidoptera. Noctuidae. Hypeninae)". Quadrifina. 1: 25–62. (in German)
  5. ↑ Lödl, M. (1999). "Additions to the revision of the genus Acidon Hampson, 1896 (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae Hypeninae)". Quadrifina. 2 :135-136. (in German)


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