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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Nolid Moths (Nolidae) » Nolinae » Meganola » Meganola minor - Hodges#8984 (Meganola minor)

Species Meganola minor - Hodges#8984

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · 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 Nolidae (Nolid Moths)
Subfamily Nolinae
Genus Meganola
Species minor (Meganola minor - Hodges#8984)
Hodges Number
8984
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Meganola minor Dyar, 1899 (1)
Size
Winspan: 21-25 mm (1).
Identification
See original description in references below.
Range
Arizona (1) (2).
Season
March to April; July to September (2)
Food
Unknown (1)
Life Cycle
Unknown (1)
See Also
Meganola miniscula is similar, but generally smaller (wingspan 14-24 mm.) and found coast-to-coast (2).
Print References
Dyar, H. 1899. On the Larvae of North American Nolidae, with Descriptions of New Spieces. The Canadian Entomologist. 31(3): 64.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Works Cited
1.On the Larvae of North American Nolidae, with Descriptions of New Species
Harrison G. Dyar. 1899. The Canadian Entomologist 31 (3): 61-64.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 10 March, 2016 - 4:00pm
Last updated 28 December, 2016 - 7:45pm

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