Aon noctuiformis

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Aon noctuiformis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Aon
Neumoegen, 1892
Species:
A. noctuiformis
Binomial name
Aon noctuiformis
Neumoegen, 1892

Aon noctuiformis, the aon moth, is the only species in the monotypic moth genus Aon in the family Erebidae. The species is known to live in the US state of Texas. [1] [2] Both the genus and the species were first described by Berthold Neumoegen in 1892. [3] [4] [5]

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References

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