The

noctuid The Noctuidae, commonly known as owlet moths, cutworms or armyworms, are a family of moths. Taxonomically, they are considered the most controversial family in the superfamily Noctuoidea because many of the clades are constantly changing, along w ...

(owlet)

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

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''Cydosia'' is the only member of the

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Cydosiini in the

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Acontiinae Acontiinae is a subfamily of bird dropping moths in the family Noctuidae. There are more than 50 genera and 430 described species in Acontiinae, found worldwide in temperate and tropical climates. Genera These 52 genera belong to the subfamily ...

. The genus was erected by James Duncan with John O. Westwood in 1841. The few species occur from

Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...

along the

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to the

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and

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, reaching into the southern United States. The unusual format for the authority citation is explained at Butterflies and Moths of the World as "The difficulty can best be overcome by attributing Westwood with anonymous junior authorship."

Species

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Cydosia aurivitta ''Cydosia aurivitta'', the gold-banded cydosia or straight-lined cydosia, is an owlet moth (family Noctuidae). The species was Species description, first described by Augustus Radcliffe Grote and Coleman Townsend Robinson in 1868. It is found in ...

'' Grote & Robinson, 1868 * '' Cydosia curvinella'' Guenée, 1879 (syn: ''Cydosia phaedra'' Druce, 1897) * '' Cydosia garnotella'' Guenée, 1879 * '' Cydosia hyva'' E. D. Jones, 1912 * '' Cydosia mimica'' Walker, 1866 * '' Cydosia nobilitella'' Cramer,

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Cydosia primaeva The noctuid (owlet) moth genus ''Cydosia'' is the only member of the tribe Cydosiini in the subfamily Acontiinae. The genus was erected by James Duncan with John O. Westwood in 1841. The few species occur from Argentina along the Andes to the Ca ...

'' Draudt, 1927 * ''

Cydosia punctistriga The noctuidae, noctuid (owlet) moth genus ''Cydosia'' is the only member of the tribe (biology), tribe Cydosiini in the subfamily Acontiinae. The genus was erected by James Duncan (zoologist), James Duncan with John O. Westwood in 1841. The few sp ...

'' Schaus, 1904 * '' Cydosia rimata'' Draudt, 1927 * '' Cydosia tessellatilla'' Strecker, 1899

References

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