Tristyla is a monotypic genus of moths in the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Tristyla alboplagiata, is found in the US states of California and Arizona. Both the genus and species were first described by John Bernhardt Smith in 1893.[1][2][3]
Tristyla alboplagiata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Subfamily: | Metoponiinae |
Genus: | Tristyla J. B. Smith, 1893 |
Species: | T. alboplagiata
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Binomial name | |
Tristyla alboplagiata Smith, 1893
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References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Tristyla". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
- ^ Savela, Markku (July 29, 2019). "Tristyla Smith, 1893". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
- ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Tristyla Smith, 1893". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved January 2, 2021.