Comachara
| Comachara | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Subfamily: | Acronictinae[1] |
| Genus: | Comachara Franclemont, 1939 |
| Species: | C. cadburyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Comachara cadburyi Franclemont, 1939 | |
Comachara is a genus of moths in the Noctuidae family. It contains the single species Comachara cadburyi, Cadbury's Lichen Moth, which 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.[2]
References
- ↑ Wagnera, D.L., E.W. Hosslerab, & F.E. Hossler. 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:NATBAD]2.0.CO;2
- ↑ mothphotographersgroup