Diacrisia
Encyclopedia
Diacrisia is a genus
of moth
in the family Arctiidae
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Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of moth
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
in the family Arctiidae
Arctiidae
Arctiidae is a large and diverse family of moths with around 11,000 species found all over the world, including 6,000 neotropical species. This family includes the groups commonly known as tiger moths , which usually have bright colours, footmen , lichen moths and wasp moths...
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Species
- Diacrisia sannioDiacrisia sannioThe Clouded Buff is a moth of the family Arctiidae. It is found in the Palearctic ecozone, but not in North Africa and South-East Asia.The wingspan is 35-50 mm. The moth flies June to July depending on the location....
– Clouded Buff Linnaeus, 1758 - Diacrisia irene Butler, 1881