Pleromella is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Pleromella opter, is found in western North America in southern Oregon, California and Baja California. Both the genus and species were first described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1921.[1][2][3]
Pleromella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Tribe: | Psaphidini |
Genus: | Pleromella Dyar, 1921 |
Species: | P. opter
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Binomial name | |
Pleromella opter Dyar, 1921
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References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pleromella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
- ^ Savela, Markku (July 29, 2019). "Pleromella Dyar, 1921". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
- ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Pleromella Dyar, 1921". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved January 5, 2021.