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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Heliothinae » Heliothodes » Heliothodes diminutiva - Hodges#11058 (Heliothodes diminutiva)

Species Heliothodes diminutiva - Hodges#11058

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Internet References · Works Cited
Heliothodes diminutiva Is this the flower moth Schinia? - Heliothodes diminutiva Moth nr. Eutricopis sp.? - Heliothodes diminutiva Heliothinae - Heliothodes diminutiva lepidoptera, small, gray body, pinkish forewings, dark hindwings, white spots/stripe halfway down wings - Heliothodes diminutiva lepidoptera, small, gray body, pinkish forewings, dark hindwings, white spots/stripe halfway down wings - Heliothodes diminutiva Owlet Moth, Heliothodes diminutivus - Heliothodes diminutiva Owlet Moth - Heliothodes diminutiva
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Heliothinae
Genus Heliothodes
Species diminutiva (Heliothodes diminutiva - Hodges#11058)
Hodges Number
11058
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
    Heliothis diminutivus Grote, 1873
    Heliothodes diminutiva Hampson, 1910
    bifida Strand, 1912
    fasciata (Edwards, 1875)
    joaquin McDunnough, 1946
    macromacula Strand, 1912
    sabulosa (Smith, 1906)
    suffusana Strand, 1912

Phylogenetic sequence # 932036 (1)
Explanation of Names
Gr. Helioth- = moon
Note: There has been confusion over the gender of the genus name here...and consequently, various authors have used different endings for the epithets of species names: e.g diminutiva vs. diminutivus and fasciata vs. fasciatus, etc. For more details, see the comment here.
Internet References
Pacific Northwest Moths (2)
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Nix Nature Center - photos of living adults
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Works Cited
1.Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.
Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .
2.Pacific Northwest Moths
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Cotinis on 30 May, 2007 - 2:15pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Aaron Schusteff, Chris Grinter, Blocky
Last updated 18 April, 2023 - 7:40pm

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