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Plusiodonta
Sign in to savePlusiodonta is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Plusiodonta is referenced by 17 other articles, and connects out to Animalia, insect and arthropod.
Vinony files it under Calpini, LepIndex ID same as Wikidata and Moth genera.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 7
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Erebidae
- Collections
- ECOSUR, YPM, OMNH, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Tanzania, United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Image
- Plusiodonta excavata (Guenée, 1862).jpg
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- taxon name
- Plusiodonta
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Plusiodonta
- Commons category
- Plusiodonta
- taxonomic type
- Plusiodonta coelonota
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Description
- Species
- References
Plusiodonta is a genus of moths in the family Erebidae erected by Achille Guenée in 1852.
==Description== Palpi upturned, where the second joint roughly scaled and reaching vertex of head or above it. Thorax and abdomen slender without tufts. Forewings with somewhat acute apex. The outer margin more or less angled at vein 4. Inner margin with tufts of scales at center and outer angle, the margin being excised between them. Legs smoothly scaled. Antennae bipectinated in male. Larva with two pairs of abdominal prolegs.
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