Eudryas
Encyclopedia
Eudryas is a genus
of moth
s of the Noctuidae
family.
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...
s of the Noctuidae
Noctuidae
The Noctuidae or owlet moths are a family of robustly-built moths that includes more than 35,000 known species out of possibly 100,000 total, in more than 4,200 genera. They constitute the largest family in the Lepidoptera....
family.
Species
- Eudryas brevipennis Stretch, 1872
- Eudryas grataEudryas grataEudryas grata is a moth known as the beautiful wood nymph. The caterpillars are known to feed on the Virginia creeper .- External links :***...
– Beautiful Wood Nymph Fabricius, 1793 - Eudryas unioEudryas unioThe Pearly Wood-Nymph is a species of moth of the Noctuidae family. It is found in most of the eastern United States from central New Hampshire and southern Ontario, south to southern Florida. In the west it ranges to the eastern Great Plains, south to southern Texas and Veracruz along the eastern...
– Pearly Wood Nymph Hübner, [1831]