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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Erebinae » Omopterini » Amolita » Amolita fratercula - Hodges#9822 (Amolita fratercula)

Species Amolita fratercula - Hodges#9822

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · 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 Erebidae
Subfamily Erebinae
Tribe Omopterini
Genus Amolita
Species fratercula (Amolita fratercula - Hodges#9822)
Hodges Number
9822
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Amolita fratercula Barnes & McDunnough, 1912
Phylogenetic sequence # 931064
Numbers
There are 6 species of the genus Amolita species found north of Mexico. (1)
Size
Wingspan: (Barnes & McDunnough)
♂ 24 mm.
♀ 31 mm.
Identification
The original description of Amolita fratercula Barnes & McDunnough is available online. (link in the print references below).
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Determined by Noel McFarland.
Range
restricted to southern Arizona
See Also
Compare to related species on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group
Print References
Barnes & McDunnough, 1912. New species and genera of North American moths. The Canadian Entomologist. 44: 90.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
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.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 16 March, 2011 - 6:54pm
Last updated 15 December, 2013 - 11:13pm

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