Calledapteryx is a monotypic scoopwing moth genus in the family Uraniidae. Its only species, Calledapteryx dryopterata, the brown scoopwing moth, is found in eastern North America.[1] Both the genus and species were first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote in 1868.[2][3][4][5]

Calledapteryx
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Uraniidae
Genus: Calledapteryx
Grote, 1868
Species:
C. dryopterata
Binomial name
Calledapteryx dryopterata
Grote, 1868

References

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  1. ^ "910006.00 – 7653 – Calledapteryx dryopterata – Brown Scoopwing Moth – Grote, 1868". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku. "Calledapteryx Grote, 1868". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
  3. ^ "Calledapteryx Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  4. ^ "Calledapteryx". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  5. ^ "Calledapteryx Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-26.

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