Tufted Thyatirid Moth

Pseudothyatira cymatophoroides

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Drepanidae

Pseudothyatira is a monotypic moth genus of the family Drepanidae first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1864. Its only species, Pseudothyatira cymatophoroides, the tufted thyatirid moth, was first described by Achille Guenée in 1852. It is found in North America in Newfoundland, British Columbia, northern California, Maryland, West Virginia, Kansas and North Carolina.

Distribution

Tufted Thyatirid Moth — (c) Laura Gaudette, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Laura Gaudette · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 1,493Canada · 1,041

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Laura Gaudette, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Laura Gaudette · CC-BY DescriptionPseudothyatira, Wikipedia contributors

Tufted Thyatirid Moth

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