Narthecophora pulverea Smith, 1900 is a animal in the Noctuidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Narthecophora pulverea Smith, 1900
Narthecophora pulverea is the only species of the monotypic noctuid moth genus Narthecophora, found in the Sonoran Desert of the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico.
Narthecophora is a monotypic moth genus that belongs to the family Noctuidae. Its only recognized species is Narthecophora pulverea, which is distributed in Sonoran Desert regions of Arizona, a U.S. state, and Sonora, a Mexican state. Both the genus Narthecophora and the species Narthecophora pulverea were first described by John Bernhardt Smith in 1900. The caterpillar life stage of Narthecophora pulverea has not been documented.
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Acronicta funeralis Grote & Robinson, 1866
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Sympistis chionanthi J.E.Smith, 1797
Rhyacia simulans Hufnagel, 1766
Egira curialis Grote, 1873
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