Species Zanclognatha theralis - Hodges#8341

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Food · Remarks · Works Cited

Is this a Zanclognatha lituralis? - Zanclognatha theralis

Zanclognatha theralis - Zanclognatha theralis

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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 Zanclognatha

No Taxon (theralis complex)

Species theralis (Zanclognatha theralis - Hodges#8341)

Hodges Number

8341

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Part of Zanclognatha gypsalis-theralis-deceptricalis-inconspiculis complex.(1)

Includes as synonyms: Zanclognatha deceptricalis, Zanclognatha gypsalis, Zanglognatha inconspicualis

Identification

Larvae: See key (1)

Food

Larvae known to feed in Usnea lichens.(1)

Remarks

This species is part of the Zanclognatha gypsalis-minoralis-theralis complex (1)

Works Cited

1.	A new Zanclognatha from eastern North America and a preliminary key to the larvae of the genus... Wagner, D.L. & T.L. McCabe. 2011. ZooKeys 149: 89-101.

Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 24 August, 2008 - 5:45pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 12 October, 2017 - 6:36pm

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