''Hyperaeschra georgica'', the Georgian prominent, is a species of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
in the family
Notodontidae
Notodontidae is a family of moths with approximately 3,800 known species. The family was described by James Francis Stephens in 1829. Moths of this family are found in all parts of the world, but they are most concentrated in tropical areas, espe ...
(the prominents).
[ It was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1855 and it is found in North America and parts of Australia.][
The MONA or Hodges number for ''Hyperaeschra georgica'' is 7917.][
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Notodontidae
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Moths described in 1855
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