Species Marilopteryx carancahua - Hodges#10633.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Marilopteryx carancahua - Hodges #10633.1 - Marilopteryx carancahua - male

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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 Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)

Tribe Eriopygini

Genus Marilopteryx

Species carancahua (Marilopteryx carancahua - Hodges#10633.1)

Hodges Number

10633.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Marilopteryx carancahua Blanchard & Franclemont, 1982 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence # 933203

Numbers

The genus Marilopteryx includes two species in America, north of Mexico. (2), (2)

Size

Blanchard & Franclemont (1982) reported the wingspan. (1)

♂ 36.5-40.5 mm.

♀ 35.4-41.4 mm.

Range

Texas.

Holotype ♂ Deutchburg [near Carancahua Creek], Jackson County, Texas, 6 March 1975, A. & M.E. Blanchard. In the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. (1)

See Also

Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group. (3)

Print References

Blanchard, A. & J.G. Franclemont, 1982. Marilopteryx carancahua, a new genus and new species from east Texas (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Hadeninae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 84: 271; figs. 1-6. (1)

Lafontaine J.D. & B.C. Schmidt, 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys 40: 98, 168. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Works Cited

1.	Marilopteryx carancahua, a new genus and new species from east Texas (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Hadeninae) André Blanchard, John G. Franclemont. 1982. Proceedings of The Entomological Society of Washington, 84: 270-276.

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.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 3 August, 2013 - 11:53am

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