Phalaena opercularis J.E.Smith, 1797

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Published in

Abbot, S.& (1797) The natural history of the rarer Lepidopterous insects of Georgia, including their systematic characters, the particulars of their several metamorphoses and the plants on which they feed. Collected from the observations of John Abbot, many years resident . 2.

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Arthropoda

class

Insecta

order

Lepidoptera

family

Megalopygidae

genus

Megalopyge

species

Megalopyge opercularis

Name

Homonyms

Phalaena opercularis J.E.Smith, 1797