Dryocampa

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Dryocampa
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Dryocampa rubicunda
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Saturniidae
Subfamily: Ceratocampinae
Genus: Dryocampa
Harris, 1833 [1]

Dryocampa is a genus of moths in the family Saturniidae. [2]

Systematics

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References

  1. Harris, Thaddeus William (1833). "Insects". In Hitchcock, Edward (ed.). Report on the Geology, Mineralogy, Botany, and Zoology of Massachusetts. Vol. IV. A Catalogue of the Animals and Plants in Massachusetts. Amherst: J. S. and C. Adams. p. 591.
  2. "Dryocampa (Genus)". archive.ph. 2013-01-05. Retrieved 2024-06-15.