Melanomma auricinctaria Grote, 1875 is a animal in the Erebidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Melanomma auricinctaria Grote, 1875

Melanomma auricinctaria Grote, 1875

Gold-lined melanomma moth (Melanomma auricinctaria) is the only species of its erebid moth genus, found in US and Canada.

Family
Genus
Melanomma
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Melanomma auricinctaria Grote, 1875

Melanomma auricinctaria, commonly known as the gold-lined melanomma moth, is the only species in the monotypic moth genus Melanomma, which belongs to the family Erebidae. This species can be found in the United States and Canada. Both the genus and the species were first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1875.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Erebidae Melanomma

More from Erebidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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