Macrurocampa marthesia

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Macrurocampa marthesia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Macrurocampa
Species:
M. marthesia
Binomial name
Macrurocampa marthesia
(Cramer, 1780)

Macrurocampa marthesia, the mottled prominent, is a species of prominent moth in the family Notodontidae. [1] [2] It was described by Pieter Cramer in 1780 and is found in North America. [2]

The MONA or Hodges number for Macrurocampa marthesia is 7975. [3] [4]

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References

  1. "Macrurocampa marthesia Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  2. 1 2 "Macrurocampa marthesia Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  3. Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. (2016). Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
  4. "Macrurocampa marthesia, Mottled Prominent - Hodges 7975". North American Moth Photographers Group. Retrieved 2018-02-04.

Further reading

Caterpillars of Eastern Forests Link - https://www.fs.fed.us/foresthealth/technology/pdfs/Caterpillars_of_Eastern_Forests.pdf