Policocnemis is a monotypic moth genus of the family Noctuidae. Its only species, Policocnemis ungulatus, is found in the US state of Texas. Both the genus and species were first described by Foster Hendrickson Benjamin in 1932.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
Family: | Noctuidae |
Tribe: | Psaphidini |
Genus: | Policocnemis Benjamin, 1932 |
Species: | P. ungulatus
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Binomial name | |
Policocnemis ungulatus Benjamin, 1932
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References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Policocnemis". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
- ^ Savela, Markku (July 29, 2019). "Policocnemis Benjamin, 1932". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
- ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Policocnemis Benjamin, 1932". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved January 5, 2021.