Species Grotella soror - Hodges#11223

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited

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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 Grotellinae

Genus Grotella

Species soror (Grotella soror - Hodges#11223)

Hodges Number

11223

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Grotella soror Barnes & McDunnough, 1912

Phylogenetic sequence #931710

Identification

Adult: FW is slightly off-white ● Basal line is represented by a small black dot on the FW costa ● PM consists of irregular dots and dashes, with no traces of any orange band ● AM is a series of irregular dots and lines and is slightly convex outward ● Orbicular mark is absent and the reniform mark is a minute black dot ● Large, quadrate dark patch exists in the median area along the costa ● A triangle of three black dots exists near the FW costa between PM and the outer margin. (1)

Range

Found in North America, including Arizona, its type location. (2)

This species is known only from Pima and Santa Cruz Counties in southern Arizona. (1)

See Also

Grotella binda- black FW markings of binda are larger and much more regular than soror. Best character separating the two species is the triangle of three dots in the subterminal region, near the costa of soror. Only two dots occur in this region in binda. In addition the two dots found in the middle of the subterminal region of soror are completely absent in binda. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group – [Photographs are needed for this species} (3)

BOLD Systems - images of pinned DNA supported specimens (4)

Wikipedia (2)

Noctuidae of North America – description and images of pinned adult (1)

Works Cited

1.	Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)

2.	Wikipedia

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 24 January, 2016 - 12:10pm
Last updated 24 January, 2016 - 1:54pm

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