Dasyblemma is a monotypic moth genus of the family Erebidae. Its only species, Dasyblemma straminea, is known from the US state of California, where its type locality was Palm Springs. Both the genus and the species were first described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1923.[1][2][3]

Dasyblemma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Hypenodinae
Genus: Dasyblemma
Dyar, 1923
Species:
D. straminea
Binomial name
Dasyblemma straminea
Dyar, 1923

Taxonomy

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The genus has previously been classified in the subfamily Acontiinae of the family Noctuidae.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ Savela, Markku (July 3, 2019). "Dasyblemma Dyar, 1923". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  2. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Dasyblemma​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  3. ^ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Dasyblemma Dyar, 1923". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/s93616qw. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  4. ^ Zahiri, Reza; et al. (2011). "Molecular phylogenetics of Erebidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuoidea)". Systematic Entomology. 37: 102–124. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2011.00607.x.
  5. ^ Lafontaine, Donald; Schmidt, Christian (March 19, 2010). "Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico". ZooKeys (40): 26. Bibcode:2010ZooK...40....1L. doi:10.3897/zookeys.40.414.