Macristis

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Macristis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Herminiinae
Genus: Macristis
Schaus, 1916

Macristis is a genus of litter moths of the family Erebidae. The genus was described by Schaus in 1916. [1] [2] [3]

Species

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References

  1. ↑ Lafontaine, Donald; Schmidt, Christian (March 19, 2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys (40): 26. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.40.414 .
  2. ↑ Zahiri, Reza; et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology. 37: 102–124. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x . S2CID   84249695.
  3. ↑ Savela, Markku (July 3, 2019). "Macristis Schaus, 1916". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 28, 2020.


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