Calledapteryx

Calledapteryx is a monotypic scoopwing moth genus in the family Uraniidae. Its only species, Calledapteryx dryopterata, the brown scoopwing moth, is found in the eastern United States.[1] Both the genus and species were first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1868.[2][3][4][5]

Calledapteryx
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Uraniidae
Genus: Calledapteryx
Grote, 1868
Species:
C. dryopterata
Binomial name
Calledapteryx dryopterata
Grote, 1868

References

  1. "910006.00 – 7653 – Calledapteryx dryopterata – Brown Scoopwing Moth – Grote, 1868". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Calledapteryx Grote, 1868". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
  3. "Calledapteryx Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  4. "Calledapteryx". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  5. "Calledapteryx Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-26.

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