Cryphia olivacea

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Cryphia olivacea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Cryphia
Species:
C. olivacea
Binomial name
Cryphia olivacea
(Smith, 1891)
Synonyms
  • Cerma olivaceaSmith, 1891
  • Cryphia galva(Strecker, 1898)

Cryphia olivacea is a moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Smith in 1891. It is found in North America from British Columbia, south to California.

The wingspan is about 26 mm.

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