Grotella melanocrypta

Grotella melanocrypta is a moth in the genus Grotella, of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1912. This moth species is found in North America, including Puebla, Mexico, its type location.[1]

Grotella melanocrypta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Grotella
Species:
G. melanocrypta
Binomial name
Grotella melanocrypta
(Dyar, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Antaplaga melanocrypta Dyar, 1912

References
  1. Poole, Robert W. (March 30, 1995). The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 26.1. Noctuoidea, Noctuidae: Cuculliinae, Stiriinae, Psaphidinae. Charles L. Hogue (illustrator), Brit Griswold (illustrator), Chip Clark (photographer), Patricia Gentili (photographer). Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 249. ISBN 0-933003-07-2.


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