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Species Pseudanarta exasperata - Hodges#9609

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 Xylenini
No Taxon (Incertae sedis)
Genus Pseudanarta
Species exasperata (Pseudanarta exasperata - Hodges#9609)
Hodges Number
9609
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pseudanarta exasperata Franclemont, 1941 (1)
Phylogenetic sequence # 932740
Size
Wingspan 24-30 mm.
Identification
Specimen identified by DNA analysis (BOLD). (2)
Range
Arizona to western Texas and Colorado. (3), (4)
Holotype ♂ , Arizona, Cochise County, Paradise.
Season
The adults are most common during the months of August to October. (4)
Print References
Franclemont, J.G., 1941. The pulverulenta group of the genus Pseudanarta Grote (Lepidoptera, Phalaenidae, Cuculliinae). The Canadian Entomologist. 73(7): 135, figs. 3, 9. (1)