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Species Nocloa rivulosa - Hodges#9794

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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 Amphipyrinae
Tribe Psaphidini
Subtribe Nocloina
Genus Nocloa
Species rivulosa (Nocloa rivulosa - Hodges#9794)
Hodges Number
9794
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Nocloa rivulosa Smith, 1906
Phylogenetic sequence # 931578(1)
Size
Smith (1906) listed the wingspan 25-29 mm.
Identification
Smith (1906) original description is available online in the print references.
Specimen determined by DNA analysis (BOLD). (2)
Range
Southern California, southern Nevada and Arizona; Baja California. (3)
Season
The main flight period is January to May. (3),(4)
Food
Poole (2014) reports the larval host is unknown. (3)
Print References
Smith, J.B. 1906. New Noctuidae for 1906, No. 1. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 14: 14.