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Tufted Bird-dropping Moth (Cerma cerintha)

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Cerma cerintha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Cerma
Species:
C. cerintha
Binomial name
Cerma cerintha
(Treitschke, 1826)

Cerma cerintha, the tufted bird dropping moth, is an owlet moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Georg Friedrich Treitschke in 1826.[1][2]

The MONA or Hodges number for Cerma cerintha is 9062.[3]

Cerma cerintha museum specimens

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Cerma cerintha report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ^ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Cerma cerintha". Retrieved 2019-09-23.

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