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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Amphipyrinae » Psaphidini » Triocnemidina » Oxycnemis » Oxycnemis advena - Hodges#10039 (Oxycnemis advena)

Species Oxycnemis advena - Hodges#10039

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Season · Food · 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 Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Amphipyrinae
Tribe Psaphidini
Subtribe Triocnemidina
Genus Oxycnemis
Species advena (Oxycnemis advena - Hodges#10039)
Hodges Number
10039
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Oxycnemis advena Grote(1), 1882
Synonyms
Acopa pacifica Hy. Edwards, 1884
Oxycnemis gustis Smith, 1907
Oxycnemis baboquavaria Smith, 1907
Phylogenetic sequence # 931611
Numbers
Oxycnemis has seven species in America north of Mexico. (2)
Size
Wingspan 23-25 mm.
Range
Southern California, Nevada, and Arizona to Baja California. (3), (4), (5), (6), (3)
Moth Photographers Group - large range map with collection dates.
Season
Adults are usually reported from March to September. (1)
Food
Larval host is unknown. (7)
See Also
Oxycnemis grandimacula, see info by Robert Poole here
Robert Poole described two other similar species provisionally listed as:
Triocnemidini New Genus 1 new species 1 - references here
Oxycnemis new species 2 - references here
Print References
Edwards, Hy. 1884. Some new forms of North American moths. Papilio 4(3): 46 (Acopa pacifica)
Grote(1), A. R. 1882. New moths. The Canadian Entomologist 14(10): 182
Smith, J. B. 1907. New species of Noctuidae for 1907, No. 1. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 33(2-3): 137 138 (Oxycnemis baboquavaria, Oxycnemis gustis)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
www.nearctica.com
Works Cited
1.Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)
2.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 .
3.Invertebrates of Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, Arizona
Kenneth J. Kingsley . 1998. U.S. Geological Survey Technical Report No. 60.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.Moths of Southeast Arizona
6.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
7.Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 26 August, 2009 - 2:46pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy
Last updated 5 February, 2017 - 12:40pm

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