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Euerythra phasma

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 28, 2026
Entity authorityQ13531020 ↗
Source-derived summary

Euerythra phasma, the red-tailed specter, is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by Leon F. Harvey in 1876. It is found in the south-central United States, including Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas, Tennessee and Texas.

References

Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul. "Search results Family: Arctiidae". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London.

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“Euerythra phasma” enters the record as species of insect. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Euerythra, phasma and species can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewUseful for establishing the present vocabulary of the subject while preserving a route back to the evidence on which that vocabulary rests. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1876—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Euerythra, phasma and species.
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Stable identifiers, scientific names and standards terminology offer the best bridge between this overview and specialist evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 28, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q13531020. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1876.

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This entry incorporates text from “Euerythra phasma” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.