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Welcome to Subfamily Pygaerinae!

Pygaerinae - Liber Deserti

Your current chain: State of matter Life > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Subclass Pterygota > Order Lepidoptera > Superfamily Noctuoidea > Family Notodontidae > Subfamily Pygaerinae

(From Wikipedia) Pygaerinae is a subfamily of the moth family Notodontidae, the silver prominents and relatives.

FACT: The last set of prolegs on many notodontid caterpillars are often vestigial or lengthened, used for threat displays and chemical defense!

Currently discovered: 1/6 Genera

Genus

  1. Clostera