Mursa (moth)

Mursa (moth)
Mursa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Mursa
Species: M. phtisialis
Binomial name
Mursa phtisialis
Guenée, 1854

Mursa is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family. It contains only one species, the Mallow Mursa Moth (Mursa phtisialis), which is found on Cuba, [1] the southern parts of the United States, Jamaica, Central and South America. [2]

References

  1. ^ Markku Savela (October 10, 2002). "Mursa genus". funet.fi. http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/noctuoidea/noctuidae/herminiinae/mursa/index.html. Retrieved 2009-03-04. 
  2. ^ Matthew J. C. Barnes (May 24, 2002). "Mursa phtisialis". mbarnes.force9.co.uk. http://www.mbarnes.force9.co.uk/jamaicamoths/images8/murpht.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-04. 


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