Cissusa spadix

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Cissusa spadix
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Cissusa
Species:
C. spadix
Binomial name
Cissusa spadix
(Cramer, 1780) [1]
Synonyms
  • Phalaena spadixCramer, 1780
  • Panula remigipilaGuenée, 1852
  • Taeniocampa vegetaMorrison, 1876

Cissusa spadix, the black-dotted brown moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. The species is found from Ontario and Quebec, south through most of the United States, to Arizona and Georgia.

The wingspan is about 35 mm.

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References

  1. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki. "Cissusa spadix (Cramer 1780)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 25, 2016.