Comachara
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| Genus: | Comachara Franclemont, 1939
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| Species: | C. cadburyi
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| Comachara cadburyi Franclemont, 1939
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Comachara is a monotypic moth genus in the family Noctuidae. Its single species, Comachara cadburyi, or Cadbury's lichen moth, is found in eastern North America, including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia. Both the genus and species were first described by John G. Franclemont in 1939.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Wagnera, D. L.; Hosslerab, E. W. & Hossler, F. E. (2006). "Not a tiger but a dagger: The larva of Comachara cadburyi and reassignment of the genus to Acronictinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 99 (4): 638-647. doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2006)99[638:NATBAD2.0.CO;2]
- ^ "931499.00 – 8104 – Comachara cadburyi – Cadbury's Lichen Moth – Franclemont, 1939". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved October 17, 2019.
- Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.
External links
[edit]- Original description: Franclemont, J. G. (October 1939). "Comachara cadburyi, A New Genus and New Species (Lepidoptera, Phalaenidae, Sarrothripinae)". Entomological News. 50 (8): 216–218.
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