Species Monoleuca occidentalis - Hodges#4688

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Burgundy & Gold Moth - Monoleuca occidentalis

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Zygaenoidea (Flannel, Slug Caterpillar, Leaf Skeletonizer Moths and kin)

Family Limacodidae (Slug Caterpillar Moths)

Genus Monoleuca

Species occidentalis (Monoleuca occidentalis - Hodges#4688)

Hodges Number

4688

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Monoleuca occidentalis Barnes & McDunnough (1), 1912

Size

Powell & Opler (2009) listed the forewing length 9-14 mm. (2)

Identification

Specimen determined by DNA analysis (BOLD). (3)

Range

Southern California and northern Baja California. (4), (2)

Season

Powell & Opler (2009) reported the flight period is July to September. (2)

Food

Powell & Opler (2009) stated the larvae and host are unknown. (2)

Print References

Barnes, W. & J.H. McDunnough, 1912. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America, pl.2, fig. 9

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, Pl. 20, figs. 33, 34; p. 164. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (5)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

California Moth Specimens Database

Works Cited

1.	James Halliday McDunnough (1877 -1962) A biographical obituary and bibliography Douglas C. Ferguson . 1962. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 16(4): 209-228.

2.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

4.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 5 April, 2014 - 1:35pm
Last updated 5 April, 2014 - 4:36pm

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