Cecrita lunata is a species of moth in the family Notodontidae (the prominents).[1][2] It was first described by Henry Edwards in 1884 and it is found in the western United States and Mexico.
| Cecrita lunata | |
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| Cecrita lunata, Arizona | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Notodontidae |
| Subfamily: | Heterocampinae |
| Genus: | Cecrita |
| Species: | C. lunata
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| Binomial name | |
| Cecrita lunata (H. Edwards, 1884)
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The MONA or Hodges number for Cecrita lunata is 7993.[3]
This species was formerly a member of the genus Heterocampa, but was transferred to Cecrita as a result of research published in 2021.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Heterocampa lunata". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
- ^ "Cecrita lunata Species Information". BugGuide. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
- ^ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Cecrita lunata". Retrieved 2018-04-21.
- ^ 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.
Further reading
edit- Lafontaine, J. Donald; Schmidt, B. Christian (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys (40): 127–47. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414.
- Lafontaine, J. Donald; Schmidt, B. Christian (2015). "Additions and corrections to the checklist of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico, III". ZooKeys (527): 227–236. doi:10.3897/zookeys.527.6151. PMC 4668890. PMID 26692790.
- Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.
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