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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Nystaleinae » Dasylophia » Western Legume Prominent - Hodges#7959 (Dasylophia melanopa)

Species Dasylophia melanopa - Western Legume Prominent - Hodges#7959

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Internet References · Works Cited
Moth - Dasylophia melanopa Moth - Dasylophia melanopa Larva Day 1 - Dasylophia melanopa Larva Day 21 - Dasylophia melanopa Dasylophia anguina, caterpillar, Mogollon Rim Visitor Center, Arizona - Dasylophia melanopa Arizona Moth - Dasylophia melanopa Dasylophia anguina - Dasylophia melanopa - male Dasylophia seriata? - Dasylophia melanopa
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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 Notodontidae (Prominent Moths)
Subfamily Nystaleinae
Genus Dasylophia
Species melanopa (Western Legume Prominent - Hodges#7959)
Hodges Number
7959
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Dasylophia melanopa Barnes, 1901
Oedemasia seriata of authors not Druce, 1887
Explanation of Names
Dasylophia melanopa Barnes, 1901, rev. stat. in Miller et al. (2021) (1), was formerly treated as D. seriata (Druce, 1887), now considered extralimital north of Mexico.
Range
USA: AZ, NM. (1)
Type locality: Huachuca Mountains, AZ.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)
Barcode of Life (BOLD) (3)
Works Cited
1.Noctuoidea, Notodontidae (Part 2, Conclusion): Heterocampinae, Nystaleinae, Dioptinae, Dicranurinae
Miller, J.S., D.L. Wagner, P.A. Opler & J.D. Lafontaine. 2021. The Moths of America north of Mexico, Fascicle 22.1B: 1-443.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 2 October, 2012 - 11:30am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 30 March, 2022 - 2:21pm

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