Dicentria violascens

Dicentria violascens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Notodontidae
Genus: Dicentria
Species: D. violascens
Binomial name
Dicentria violascens
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
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 Notodontidae family. It has been recorded from Mexico south to Brazil. However, violascens is a species complex of at least six cryptic species.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Diversity of Prominent Moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) in the Cloud Forests of Northeastern Ecuador, with Descriptions of 27 New Species
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