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 - Phaegopterina
  Tribe - Arctiini
  Subfamily - Arctiinae
  Family - Erebidae
  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 - Pygarctia abdominalis
      Species - Pygarctia eglenensis
      Species - Pygarctia flavidorsalis
      Species - Pygarctia lorula
      Species - Pygarctia murina
      Species - Pygarctia neomexicana
      Species - Pygarctia pterygostigma
      Species - Pygarctia roseicapitis
      Species - Pygarctia spraguei