Dahlia hesperioides

Dahlia hesperioides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Dahlia
Species:
D. hesperioides
Binomial name
Dahlia hesperioides

Dahlia hesperioides is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae first described by Arnold Pagenstecher in 1900. It is found on the Bismarck Archipelago of New Guinea.[2]

It belongs to a group of families of the Lepidoptera order that have most characteristics of Heterocera but whose antennae are distinctly clubbed.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Yu, Dicky Sick Ki (1997–2012). "Dahlia Pagenstecher 1900". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Retrieved October 30, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  2. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Dahlia hesperioides Pagenstecher, 1900". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Archived from the original on February 22, 2019. Retrieved February 21, 2019.
  3. ↑ Holland, William Jacob. The moth book : a popular guide to a knowledge of the moths of North America. New York : Doubleday, Page. p. 3.