Appalachian Snout

Hypena appalachiensis

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Erebidae

North American moths represent about 12,000 types of moths. In comparison, there are about 825 species of North American butterflies. The moths (mostly nocturnal) and butterflies (mostly diurnal) together make up the taxonomic order Lepidoptera.

Distribution

Appalachian Snout — (c) skitterbug, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by skitterbug · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 28

Sources and credits

Photo(c) skitterbug, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by skitterbug · CC-BY DescriptionList of moths of North America (MONA 8322–11233), Wikipedia contributors

Appalachian Snout

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