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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Bagisarinae » Concana » Concana mundissima - Hodges#8562 (Concana mundissima)

Species Concana mundissima - Hodges#8562

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · 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 Bagisarinae

Genus Concana

Species mundissima (Concana mundissima - Hodges#8562 )

Hodges Number

8562

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Concana mundissima Walker, [1858]

Synonyms

Thelidora splendens Moeschler 1880

Hecatera hoshea Druce 1889

Concana mundula Dognin, 1912

Phylogenetic sequence # 931157

Numbers

The only species in the genus found in America north of Mexico.(1)

Size

Wingspan 20-31 mm. (Walker), (2)

Identification

The original description of Concana mundissima Walker, is available online at the link in the print references below.

Range

Florida and southern Texas. (2), (3), (4)

West Indies, Mexico to Brazil. (4)

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Season

Adults are most often reported from March, May to June in Florida. (4)

August and October in Texas. (2)

Food

Larval host is unknown. (4)

See Also

Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.

Print References

Walker, [1858]. 1912. Hétérocères Nouveaux de L'Amérique du Sud par Paul Dognin. 3: 7.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Moths of the Grenadines

lepbarcoding.org

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.	Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida

4.	Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 3 February, 2012 - 1:03pm
Last updated 11 April, 2013 - 12:43pm

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