Paramiana

Barnes & Benjamin, 1924

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Paramiana is a of in the Noctuidae, established by William Barnes and Foster Hendrickson Benjamin in 1924. The genus currently contains five recognized distributed in North America. Based on its placement in the Noctuinae, members are and possess the characteristic features of owlet moths.

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How to pronounce Paramiana: /ˌpaɹəˈmiːənə/

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Distribution

North America; occurrences documented from southwestern United States and adjacent regions of Mexico.

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Taxonomic history

The was erected by Barnes and Benjamin in 1924. Paramiana exculta was synonymized with Euamiana endopolia in 1986, reducing the genus by one .

Species composition

Five extant : P. callaisata (Blanchard, 1972), P. canoa (Barnes, 1907), P. marina (J.B. Smith, 1906), P. perissa (Nye, 1975), and P. smaragdina (Neumoegen, 1884).