Hyperaeschra Tortuosa
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''Hyperaeschra tortuosa'' is a species of prominent moth 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 ...
. It was described by
J. G. O. Tepper Johann Gottlieb Otto Tepper (19 April 1841 – 16 February 1923) was a Prussian-born Botany, botanist, teacher, plant collector and Entomology, entomologist who spent most of his life living and working in Australia. He spent much of his career wi ...
in 1881 and is found in North America. The MONA or Hodges number for ''Hyperaeschra tortuosa'' is 7918.Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. (2016).
Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
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References

* Lafontaine, J. Donald & Schmidt, B. Christian (2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ''ZooKeys'', vol. 40, 1–239.


Further reading

* Arnett, Ross H. (2000). ''American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico''. CRC Press.


External links


Butterflies and Moths of North America

NCBI Taxonomy Browser, ''Hyperaeschra tortuosa''
Notodontidae Moths described in 1881 {{Notodontidae-stub