NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: partial
Latest Record Review: 2009

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Tribe - Pyrgini
  Subfamily - Pyrginae
  Family - Hesperiidae
  Superfamily - Hesperioidea
  Order - Lepidoptera
  Superorder - Holometabola
  Infraclass - Neoptera
  Subclass - Pterygota
  Class - Insecta
  Subphylum - Hexapoda
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Pyrgus centaureae
      Species - Pyrgus albescens
      Species - Pyrgus communis
      Species - Pyrgus oileus
      Species - Pyrgus philetas
      Species - Pyrgus ruralis
      Species - Pyrgus scriptura
      Species - Pyrgus xanthus