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Common Name:
Mouse Moth

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Lepidoptera
Suborder:
Infraorder:
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Amphipyrinae
Tribe:
Species:
Amphipyra tragopoginis

Hodges No: 9639

Location:
Monhegan Island
Monhegan Island, ME
USA

Date: 8/29/08

Stage:
Sex:
Notes: Introduced from Eurasia

Amphipyra tragopoginis Noctuidae
Mouse Moth
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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