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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Litter Moths (Herminiinae) » Hypenula » Long-Horned Owlet - Hodges#8376 (Hypenula cacuminalis)

Species Hypenula cacuminalis - Long-Horned Owlet - Hodges#8376

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · 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 Erebidae
Subfamily Herminiinae (Litter Moths)
Genus Hypenula
Species cacuminalis (Long-Horned Owlet - Hodges#8376)
Hodges Number
8376
Other Common Names
White-dotted Hypenula Moth
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hypenula cacuminalis (Walker, 1859)
Hypena cacuminalis Walker, 1859
Phylogenetic sequence # 930527
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed two species of the genus in America north of Mexico.(1)
Size
Forewing length 13-14 mm. (2)
Range
Southeastern United States and east to Texas and Arizona.(2)
Season
May to October in western Texas. (2)
Food
The larval host unknown. (2)
Life Cycle
The life cycle is unknown. (2)
Remarks
Adults are attracted to lights. (2)
Print References
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, pl. 43, fig. 3; p. 254. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
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.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 15 April, 2008 - 4:43pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 30 March, 2014 - 1:20am

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