Wilson's Wood-nymph Moth

Xerociris wilsonii

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae

Xerociris is a genus of moths in the family Noctuidae. It was erected by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1904. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species, Xerociris wilsonii, that was first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1863.

Distribution

Wilson's Wood-nymph Moth — (c) Linda Jo Conn, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 762Mexico · 5

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Linda Jo Conn, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionXerociris, Wikipedia contributors

Wilson's Wood-nymph Moth

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