| Cecrita | |
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| Cecrita lunata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Notodontidae |
| Subfamily: | Heterocampinae |
| Genus: | Cecrita Walker, 1855 |
Cecrita is a genus of prominent moths in the family Notodontidae. There are about eight described species in Cecrita, found in North, Central, and South America.
Species
These eight species belong to the genus Cecrita:
- Cecrita belfragei Grote, 1879
- Cecrita biundata Walker, 1855 (wavy-lined heterocampa)
- Cecrita cubana Grote, 1866 (Cuban heterocampa moth)
- Cecrita franclemonti Miller, 2021
- Cecrita guttivitta (Walker, 1855) (saddled prominent)
- Cecrita incongrua Barnes & Benjamin, 1924 (Dog's-tooth violet)
- Cecrita lunata H. Edwards, 1884
- Cecrita plumosa Miller, 2021
References
- "Cecrita genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2022-04-10.
- Miller, James S.; Wagner, David L.; Opler, Paul A.; Lafontaine, J. Donald (2021). The Moths of North America, Fascicle 22.1B, Noctuoidea, Notodontidae (Part 2, Conclusion). Heterocampinae, Nystaleinae, Dioptinae, Dicranurinae. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. ISBN 978-0979663352.
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