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Genus: | Edwardsimemna |
Species: | E. jalapae |
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Edwardsimemna jalapae H. Edwards, 1884 | |
Edwardsimemna is a monotypic moth genus in the family Lasiocampidae erected by Berthold Neumoegen and Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1894. Its single species, Edwardsimemna jalapae, described by Henry Edwards in 1884, is found in Mexico. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Doidae is a family of Lepidoptera first described by Julian P. Donahue and John W. Brown in 1987. Species in Doidae had previously been placed in the Arctiidae, Lymantriidae and the Dioptidae.
Gastropachinae is a subfamily of the moth family Lasiocampidae. It was first described by Berthold Neumoegen and Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. 1894.
The Arctiina are a subtribe of moths in the family Erebidae.
Cosmosoma is a genus of tiger moths in the subfamily Arctiinae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1823.
Hypocrisias is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1901.
Pygarctia is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae.
Eupseudomorpha is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae erected by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1893. Its only species, Eupseudomorpha brillians, was first described by Berthold Neumoegen in 1880. It is found in portions of New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma, in the Western Short Grasslands and Central and Southern Mixed Grasslands ecoregions. Caterpillars of the species appear to use members of the Onagraceae, particularly Oenothera as a food source.
Nocloa is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by John Bernhardt Smith in 1906.
Stiria is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. The genus was erected by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1874.
Hypopacha is a monotypic moth genus in the family Lasiocampidae. The genus was erected by Berthold Neumoegen and Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1893. Its only species, Hypopacha grisea, described by Berthold Neumoegen in 1882, is found in the US states of California and Arizona.
Tolype is a genus of moths in the family Lasiocampidae. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in 1820.
Homoanarta is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by William Barnes and Foster Hendrickson Benjamin in 1923.
Doa is a genus of moths of the Doidae family.
Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. was an American entomologist. Dyar's Law, a pattern of geometric progression in the growth of insect parts, is named after him. He was also noted for eccentric pursuits which included digging tunnels under his home. He had a complicated personal life and along with his second wife he adopted the Baháʼí Faith.
Agapema is a subgenus of moths under the genus Saturnia, in the family Saturniidae. Agapema was first described by Berthold Neumoegen and Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1894.
Pygarctia roseicapitis, the red-headed pygarctia moth, is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Berthold Neumoegen and Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1893. It is found in Mexico and in the United States from southern Arizona to Texas.
Givira is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae.
Hypopta is a genus of moths in the family Cossidae.
Dalcerides is a genus of moths of the family Dalceridae. It was described by Berthold Neumoegen and Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1893.
John Bernhardt Smith was an American professor of entomology who specialized in systematics and economic entomology while also serving as the State Entomologist of New Jersey. Smith is remembered in insect taxonomy for the conflict that he had with Harrison Dyar.