''Schizura badia'', the chestnut schizura, is a species of prominent

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 ...

. It is found in North America. The MONA or Hodges number for ''Schizura badia'' is 8006.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.

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