Cisthene kentuckiensis
Species of moth
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Cisthene kentuckiensis, the Kentucky lichen moth, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1904. It is found in the United States from New Jersey south to northern Florida, and west to Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas.[1][2]
| Kentucky lichen moth | |
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| Cisthene kentuckiensis, East Texas | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Erebidae |
| Subfamily: | Arctiinae |
| Genus: | Cisthene |
| Species: | C. kentuckiensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Cisthene kentuckiensis (Dyar, 1904) | |
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The larvae feed on lichens.[3]