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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Carpenter and Clearwing Moths (Cossoidea) » Carpenter and Leopard Moths (Cossidae) » Hypoptinae » Inguromorpha » Inguromorpha itzalana - Hodges#2657 (Inguromorpha itzalana)

Species Inguromorpha itzalana - Hodges#2657

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Hodges#2657 - Inguromorpha itzalana Moth, dorsal - Inguromorpha itzalana Inguromorpha itzalana Moth - Inguromorpha itzalana 3037926 prominent - Inguromorpha itzalana Inguromorpha itzalana Cossid - Inguromorpha itzalana Cossid - Inguromorpha itzalana
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Cossoidea (Carpenter and Clearwing Moths)
Family Cossidae (Carpenter and Leopard Moths)
Subfamily Hypoptinae
Genus Inguromorpha
Species itzalana (Inguromorpha itzalana - Hodges#2657)
Hodges Number
2657
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Inguromorpha itzalana (Strecker, 1900)
Hypopta itzalana Strecker, 1900 (1)
Barnes & McDunnough, (1911) designated Hypopta itzalana the type species for Pomeria. (2), (3)
Dyar (1940) resurrected Inguromorpha and placed itzalana. (2)
Numbers
There are three named species of Inguromorpha in America north of Mexico. (4), (5)
Size
Wingspan 38-44 mm. (4), (1)
Identification
The original description as Hypopta itzalana Strecker(1), and the Barnes & McDunnough (1911)(3) description, are both available in PDF and online in the print references below.
Range
Southern Arizona, New Mexico to western Texas. (6), (4), (2)
Mexico to Central America. (1)
Season
Adults are most often reported from May through September. (4)
Food
Larval host is unknown.
See Also
Easily recognized with no other similar species found north of Mexico.
Print References
Barnes, W. & J.H. McDunnough 1911. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America, 1: 11. (3)
Schoorl, J.W. 1990. A phylogenetic study on Cossidae (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia) based on external adult morphology. Zoölogische Verhandelingen 263: 194, 202-203; fig. 103. (2)
Strecker, H. 1900. Lepidoptera, Rhopaloceres, and Heteroceres, Indigenous and Exotic: Supplement no. 3. 30. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Moths of Southeastern Arizona
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Works Cited
1.Lepidoptera, Rhopaloceres and Heteroceres, indigenous and exotic; with descriptions and colored illustrations (v. 1-3)
Herman Strecker. 1872. Owen's Steam Book & Job Printing .
2.A phylogenetic study on Cossidae (Lepidoptera: Ditrysia) based on external adult morphology
J. W. Schoorl. 1990. Zoölogische Verhandelingen 263: 1-295.
3.Revision of the Cossidae of North America (in Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America)
William Barnes, J. H. McDunnough. 1911. The Review Press.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
6.Moths of Southeast Arizona
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 20 June, 2010 - 1:42am
Last updated 24 October, 2013 - 7:15pm

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