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The genus species for a caterpillar will vary depending on the type of caterpillar. For example, the Buck Moth caterpillar is the genus type Hemileuca.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 10y agoThese are larvae of either moths or butterlies. They are in the order Lepidoptera but without knowing the species we can't give you the genus name.
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What is the first part of a organism's scientific name?
Genus. Genus is a group animals having common characteristics. The second name is the species name. For eg: Panthera Tigris is the biological name of tiger. Panthera is the genus and Tigris is the species.
Which two names are included in the scientific name of an organism?
Genus and Species
What is the difference between flower genus and species?
A genus is the next higher taxon up from species. It is a group of closely related species.
What is the genus and species of Mycoplasma pneumoniae?
The genus is Mycoplasma and the species is pneumoniae. It's binomial name is Mycoplasma pneumoniae.
What is a species identifier?
A species name is a scientific name with two parts: the genus name followed by the species identifier. It is written in italics with the genus name capitalized. (The human species name is Homo sapiens. The species identifier is the second part of the species name (and it's lower-case)
What is the genus of the caterpillar?
The genus varies depending on the species of caterpillar. The orange dog caterpillar has a genus of papilo. The caterpillar belongs to the kingdom of Animalia and the phylum of arthropoda.
What genus does a butterfly belong to?
All butterflies are in the same order, Lepidoptera, but butterflies are classified in different genus groups. Some genus examples are Polyommatus, Nymphalis californica and Euphydryas aurinia.
What is the classification of the caterpillar?
The caterpillar has the following classification: Kingdom: Animalia, Phylum: Arthropoda, Class: Insecta and Order: Lepidopteria. The family, genus and species varies depending on the caterpillar.
How do you classify animals Species then Genus or Genus then species?
Genus species or when writing it in hand it should be Genus species, but underlined.
What is a genus with single species?
A genus with one species is a monospecific genus.
What do you call combining a genus and a species?
The species is the combined genus and species
How many species of hagfish are there?
There are 79 species of hagfish that are split up into six different genus. The genus Eptatretus contains 49 species, the genus Myxine contains 23 species, the genus Nemamyxine contains two species, the genus Neomyxine contains one species, the genus Notomyxine contains one species, and the genus Rubicundus contains four species.
A genus is divided into what?
a genus is divided into species
What is the genus species for plant?
Genus and species are specific to each individual organism, so there is no genus species for all plants.
What is the genus and species for jaguar?
Panthera is the genus and onca is the species.
What are two names are included in the scientific name of an organism?
genus and species
What is a group of related species are in the same?
A group of closely related species would share the same genus.
