Species Micrathetis tecnion - Hodges#9646

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · 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 Condicinae

Tribe Condicini

Genus Micrathetis

Species tecnion (Micrathetis tecnion - Hodges#9646 )

Hodges Number

9646

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Micrathetis tecnion Dyar, 1914 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence # 932033 (2)

Size

Wingspan 13 mm. (1)

Range

Southern Texas, southern Arizona(?) to Central America.

Syntypes collected in Panama. (3)

Season

Adults appear to be most common from September to January. (4)

Print References

Dyar, H.G. 1914. Report on the Lepidoptera of the Smithsonian Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone. Proceeding of the United States National Museum 47(2050): 179. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (5)

Barcode of Life (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	Report on the Lepidoptera of the Smithsonian Biological Survey of the Panama Canal Zone Harrison Gray Dyar. 1914. Proceeding of the United States National Museum, 47(2050): 139-350.

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.	Noctuidae; Lepidopterorum Catalogus (Lepidopterorum Catalogues New Series Fasc 118) Part 1 & 2) Poole, R. W. 1989. CRC Press .

4.	Illustrated Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, Vol. 2B: Macro-Moths Ed Knudson & Charles Bordelon. 2004. Texas Lepidoptera Survey, Houston. xiv + 59 pp. 20 plates.

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 20 August, 2012 - 1:24pm
Additional contributions by Robert Lord Zimlich, Steve Morris
Last updated 27 April, 2023 - 9:07am

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