Petalumaria is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Petalumaria californica, is found in the US state of California. Both the genus and species were first described by John S. Buckett and William R. Bauer, the genus in 1967 and the species three years earlier in 1964.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Tribe: | Psaphidini |
| Genus: | Petalumaria Buckett & Bauer, 1967 |
| Species: | P. californica
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| Binomial name | |
| Petalumaria californica (Buckett & Bauer, 1964)
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References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Petalumaria". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
- ^ Savela, Markku (July 11, 2019). "Petalumaria Buckett & Bauer, 1967 [1968]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
- ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Petalumaria Buckett & Bauer, 1967". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
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