Scythris basilaris

Scythris basilaris

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Scythrididae

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

Scythris basilaris — (c) Jake McCumber, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 4

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Jake McCumber, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionList of moths of North America (MONA 855–2311), Wikipedia contributors

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