Macrurocampa gigantea is a species of moth in the family Notodontidae (the prominents).[1][2] It was first described by William Barnes and Foster Hendrickson Benjamin in and it is found in North America.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Notodontidae |
| Subfamily: | Heterocampinae |
| Genus: | Macrurocampa |
| Species: | M. gigantea
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| Macrurocampa gigantea | |
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The MONA or Hodges number for Macrurocampa gigantea is 7972.[3]
This species was formerly a member of the genus Litodonta, but was transferred to Macrurocampa as a result of research published in 2021.[4]
References edit
- ^ "Litodonta gigantea". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ "Macrurocampa gigantea Species Information". BugGuide. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Macrurocampa gigantea". Retrieved 2018-05-05.
- ^ 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.
Further reading edit
- Lafontaine, J. Donald; Schmidt, B. Christian (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys (40): 127–47. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414.
- Lafontaine, J. Donald; Schmidt, B. Christian (2015). "Additions and corrections to the checklist of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico, III". ZooKeys (527): 227–236. doi:10.3897/zookeys.527.6151. PMC 4668890. PMID 26692790.
- Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.
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