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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Eriopygini » Hypotrix » Hypotrix lunata - Hodges#10606 (Hypotrix lunata)

Species Hypotrix lunata - Hodges#10606

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

Ursogastra lunata 10606? - Hypotrix lunata

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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 Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)

Tribe Eriopygini

Genus Hypotrix

Species lunata (Hypotrix lunata - Hodges#10606)

Hodges Number

10606

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Hypotrix lunata Smith, 1906 (1)

Urasogastra lunata Smith, 1906 (2)

Phylogenetic sequence # 933182

Numbers

Hypotrix has 13 described species in America north of Mexico (1).

Size

FWL: 15 to 17 mm (1).

Identification

"The forewing is a hoary gray with a large entirely black crescent-shaped reniform spot that is fused posteriorly with the black orbicular spot" (1). This moth is unlikely to be confused with any species found north of Mexico.

Range

"From southeastern Arizona (Chiricahua, Huachuca and Santa Rita Mountains) southward to the State of Durango in northern Mexico" (1).

Season

From late May to mid-September, probably representing two generations (1).

See Also

Hypotrix quindiensis (Draudt, 1924), a neotropical species.

Print References

Lafontaine, J.D.; Ferris, C.D.; Walsh, J.B. 2010. "A revision of the genus Hypotrix Guenee in North America with descriptions of four new species and a new genus (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Eriopygini)". ZooKeys, 39: 248, figs. 16, 31, 46, 51 (1).

Smith, J.B. 1906. "New Noctuidae for 1906, No. 1". Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 14(1): 13 (2).

Internet References

Species page at Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (3)

Species page at The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Works Cited

1.	A revision of the genus Hypotrix Guenee in North America with descriptions of four new species and ... Donald Lafontaine, Clifford Ferris, J. Walsh. 2010. Zoo Keys 39: 225-253.

2.	New Noctuidae for 1906, No. 1 John B. Smith. 1906. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 14: 9-30.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 7 October, 2009 - 10:22am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 16 December, 2017 - 8:24pm

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