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Comachara
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Acronictinae
Genus: Comachara
Franclemont, 1939
Species: C. cadburyi
Binomial name
Comachara cadburyi
Franclemont, 1939

Comachara is a monotypic moth genus in the family Noctuidae. Its single species, Comachara cadburyi, or Cadbury's lichen moth, is found in eastern North America, including Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia. Both the genus and species were first described by John G. Franclemont in 1939.

References

  1. Wagnera, D. L.; Hosslerab, E. W. & Hossler, F. E. (2006). "Not a tiger but a dagger: The larva of Comachara cadburyi and reassignment of the genus to Acronictinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 99 (4): 638-647. doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2006)99
  2. "931499.00 – 8104 – Comachara cadburyi – Cadbury's Lichen Moth – Franclemont, 1939". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved October 17, 2019.

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Taxon identifiers
Comachara cadburyi


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