Cissusa spadix Cramer, 1780 is a animal in the Erebidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Cissusa spadix Cramer, 1780

Cissusa spadix Cramer, 1780

Cissusa spadix, the black-dotted brown moth, is an Erebidae moth found across North America with a ~35 mm wingspan.

Family
Genus
Cissusa
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Cissusa spadix Cramer, 1780

Cissusa spadix, commonly known as the black-dotted brown moth, is a moth species belonging to the family Erebidae. Its scientific name is Cissusa spadix, first described by Cramer in 1780. This species can be found ranging from Ontario and Quebec in Canada, southwards through most of the United States, all the way to Arizona and Georgia in the southern US. The wingspan of adult black-dotted brown moths is approximately 35 millimeters.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Erebidae Cissusa

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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