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Dicentria violascens

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Dicentria violascens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Dicentria
Species:
D. violascens
Binomial name
Dicentria violascens
Synonyms
  • Notodonta violascens Herrich-Schäffer, [1855]
  • Oligocentria violascens
  • Janassa laciniosa H. Edwards, 1885
  • Oligocentria laciniosa
  • Oligocentria brunneipennis Kaye, 1922
  • Dicentria phraortes Druce, 1889

Dicentria violascens is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It has been recorded from Mexico south to Brazil. However, violascens is a species complex of at least six cryptic species.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Miller, James S.; Thiaucourt, Paul (November 1, 2011). "Diversity of Prominent Moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) in the Cloud Forests of Northeastern Ecuador, with Descriptions of 27 New Species". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 104 (6): 1033–1077. doi:10.1603/AN10141.