Pryteria apicella

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Pryteria apicella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Pryteria
Species:
P. apicella
Binomial name
Pryteria apicella
(Strand, 1919)
Synonyms
  • Automolis apicellaStrand, 1919
  • Automolis semicostalis apicalisRothschild, 1909 (preocc. Walker, 1854)
  • Automolis albiapicalisHampson, 1920

Pryteria apicella is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Embrik Strand in 1919. It is found in Bolivia. [1]

Moth Group of mostly-nocturnal insects in the order Lepidoptera

Moths are a polyphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.

Erebidae family of insects

The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings (Catocala); litter moths (Herminiinae); tiger, lichen, and wasp moths (Arctiinae); tussock moths (Lymantriinae), including the arctic woolly bear moth ; piercing moths ; micronoctuoid moths (Micronoctuini); snout moths (Hypeninae); and zales, though many of these common names can also refer to moths outside the Erebidae. Some of the erebid moths are called owlets.

Embrik Strand was an entomologist and arachnologist who classified many insect and spider species including the greenbottle blue tarantula.

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Leucanopsis subnebulosa is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Embrik Strand in 1919. It is found in Brazil.

Pryteria apicata is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by William Schaus in 1905. It is found in French Guiana.

Pryteria alboatra is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1909. It is found in Costa Rica, French Guiana, Venezuela, Peru, Brazil and Bolivia.

Pryteria colombiana is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1933. It is found in Colombia.

Pryteria costata is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Heinrich Benno Möschler in 1882. It is found in Suriname and French Guiana.

Pryteria hamifera is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Paul Dognin in 1907. It is found in French Guiana, Guyana and Bolivia.

Pryteria semicostalis is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Walter Rothschild in 1909. It is found in French Guiana, Suriname, Brazil, Ecuador and Bolivia.

Pryteria unifascia is a moth in the family Erebidae. It was described by Herbert Druce in 1899. It is found in Guyana and Belize.

References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Pryteria apicella (Strand, 1919)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved September 24, 2019.


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