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: 2013

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Subtribe - Noctuina
  Tribe - Noctuini
  Subfamily - Noctuinae
  Family - Noctuidae
  Superfamily - Noctuoidea
  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 - Cerastis tenebrifera
      Species - Cerastis cornuta
      Species - Cerastis enigmatica
      Species - Cerastis fishii
      Species - Cerastis gloriosa
      Species - Cerastis robertsoni
      Species - Cerastis salicarum