Dicentria violascens

Dicentria violascens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Clade:	Euarthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Notodontidae
Genus:	Dicentria
Species:	D. violascens
Binomial name
	Dicentria violascens; (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
Synonyms
	Notodonta violascens Herrich-Schäffer, [1855]; Oligocentria violascens; Janassa laciniosa H. Edwards, 1885; Oligocentria laciniosa; Oligocentria brunneipennis Kaye, 1922; Dicentria phraortes Druce, 1889;

Dicentria violascens is a moth of the family Notodontidae. It has been recorded from Mexico south to Brazil. However, violascens is a species complex of at least six cryptic species.^[1]

References

↑ Diversity of Prominent Moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) in the Cloud Forests of Northeastern Ecuador, with Descriptions of 27 New Species

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[1] Diversity of Prominent Moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea: Notodontidae) in the Cloud Forests of Northeastern Ecuador, with Descriptions of 27 New Species