Psammopolia ochracea
Psammopolia ochracea is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae. It can be found on sandy beaches in coastal California between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Adult moths are small, dark brown or reddish in colour, and active between September and October.[1]
| Psammopolia ochracea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Psammopolia |
| Species: | P. ochracea |
| Binomial name | |
| Psammopolia ochracea (Smith, 1892) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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References
- Crabo, Lars G.; Lafontaine, J. Donald (2009). "A Revision of Lasionycta Aurivillius (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) for North America and notes on Eurasian species, with descriptions of 17 new species, 6 new subspecies, a new genus, and two new species of Tricholita Grote". ZooKeys. 30. Pensoft Publishers: 99–100. doi:10.3897/zookeys.30.308.
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