Dasychira mescalera

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Dasychira mescalera
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Dasychira
Species:
D. mescalera
Binomial name
Dasychira mescalera
Ferguson, 1978

Dasychira mescalera is a species of moth of the family Erebidae first described by Alexander Douglas Campbell Ferguson in 1978. It is found in New Mexico, Texas and Colorado. [1]

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References

  1. Savela, Markku (August 1, 2019). "Dasychira mescalera Ferguson, 1978". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 25, 2020.