Pleromella opter Dyar, 1921 is a animal in the Noctuidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Pleromella opter Dyar, 1921

Pleromella opter Dyar, 1921

Pleromella opter is the only species of the monotypic noctuid moth genus Pleromella, found in western North America and described in 1921 by Dyar.

Family
Genus
Pleromella
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Pleromella opter Dyar, 1921

Pleromella is a monotypic moth genus that belongs to the family Noctuidae. It contains only one species, Pleromella opter. This species is distributed in western North America, specifically in southern Oregon, California, and Baja California. Both the genus Pleromella and its single species Pleromella opter were first described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1921.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Noctuidae Pleromella

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