Cecrita
Cecrita lunata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Notodontidae
Subfamily: Heterocampinae
Genus: Cecrita
Walker, 1855

Cecrita is a genus of prominent moths in the family Notodontidae. There are about eight described species in Cecrita, found in North, Central, and South America.[1][2]

Species

These eight species belong to the genus Cecrita:

  • Cecrita belfragei Grote, 1879
  • Cecrita biundata Walker, 1855 (wavy-lined heterocampa)
  • Cecrita cubana Grote, 1866 (Cuban heterocampa moth)
  • Cecrita franclemonti Miller, 2021
  • Cecrita guttivitta (Walker, 1855) (saddled prominent)
  • Cecrita incongrua Barnes & Benjamin, 1924 (Dog's-tooth violet)
  • Cecrita lunata H. Edwards, 1884
  • Cecrita plumosa Miller, 2021

References

  1. "Cecrita genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
  2. Miller, James S.; Wagner, David L.; Opler, Paul A.; Lafontaine, J. Donald (2021). The Moths of North America, Fascicle 22.1B, Noctuoidea, Notodontidae (Part 2, Conclusion). Heterocampinae, Nystaleinae, Dioptinae, Dicranurinae. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. ISBN 978-0979663352.


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