Anarta trifolii (Hufnagel, 1766)
(The Nutmeg)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Anarta trifolii (The Nutmeg)
Genus	Anarta (a genus of shuttle moths)
Tribe	Hadenini (a tribe of moths)
Subfamily	HADENINAE (a subfamily of shuttle moths)
Family	NOCTUIDAE (shuttle moths)
Superfamily	NOCTUOIDEA (shuttle moths)
Clade	Macrolepidoptera (macro-moths)
Clade	Obtectomera (butterflies and most moths)
Clade	Apoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
Infraorder	Ditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
Infraorder	Heteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
Suborder	GLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
Order	LEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Anarta trifolii is also a member of:
Microlepidoptera - micro-moths (via Apoditrysia)
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Records of Anarta trifolii (The Nutmeg) :
1: Anarta trifolii (The Nutmeg)
7 May 1971	OSGR: TG10	52° 40’ N, 1° 10’ E	Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27)	England

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Waring, P	2004	Nutmeg catepillar	Vol 15, No 4 Page: 281

Anarta trifolii (The Nutmeg) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

HADENINAE
(a subfamily of shuttle moths)

NOCTUIDAE
(shuttle moths)

Macrolepidoptera
(macro-moths)

Ditrysia
(butterflies and most moths)

LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Microlepidoptera
(micro-moths)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Anarta trifolii (The Nutmeg)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Anarta trifolii (The Nutmeg)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Anarta trifolii is also a member of:

Identification Works

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