Grotella harveyi is a species of moth in the genus Grotella, of the family Noctuidae. This moth species is found in North America, including Colorado, its type location.[2]

Grotella harveyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Grotella
Species:
G. harveyi
Binomial name
Grotella harveyi

It was first described by William Barnes and Foster Hendrickson Benjamin in 1922.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Barnes, William; Benjamin, F. H. (1922). "A Revision of the Noctuid Moths Heretofore Referred to the Genus Grotella, Harvey". Notes on Automeris — Revision of Grotella — Notes on Cucullianae — Notes on Drepana — New Genera and Species. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America. Vol. 5. Decatur, IL: The Review Press. pp. 10, 11–12;Pl. 1, Fig. 2.
  2. ^ Poole, Robert W. (March 30, 1995). The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 26.1. Noctuoidea, Noctuidae: Cuculliinae, Stiriinae, Psaphidinae. Charles L. Hogue (Illustrator), Brit Griswold (Illustrator), Chip Clark (Photographer), Patricia Gentili (Photographer). Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 249. ISBN 0-933003-07-2.