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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Xylenini » Xylenina » Aseptis » Aseptis fumeola - Hodges#9530 (Aseptis fumeola)

Species Aseptis fumeola - Hodges#9530

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

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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 Xylenini

Subtribe Xylenina

Genus Aseptis

Species fumeola (Aseptis fumeola - Hodges#9530)

Hodges Number

9530

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Aseptis fumeola (Hampson, 1908)

Trachea fumeola Hampson, 1908

Synonym

Trachea probata Barnes & McDunnough, 1910

Phylogenetic sequence # 932629 (1)

Size

Hampson (1908) listed the wingspan 36-40 mm.

Crumb (1956) stated mature larvae are 27 mm. (2)

Identification

Hampson (1908) original description of the adult is online in the print references.

Crumb (1956) description of the larvae is also available online. (2)

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

Range

Crumb (1956) reported the range as California, Arizona, and Utah. (2)

Holotype ♂ from Pinal Mountains, Arizona [BMNH, London]. (4)

Season

The main flight period appears to be April to September. (5), (3)

Food

Crumb (1956) listed Manzanita sp. (2)

Print References

Crumb, S.E., 1956. The Larvae of the Phalaenidae [Noctuidae]. U.S. Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin 1135: 205. (2)

Hampson, G.F., 1908. NoctuidaeCatalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum: 186; pl. 112, f. 23.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (5)

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

Works Cited

1.	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 .

2.	The Larvae of the Phalaenidae [Noctuidae] Samuel Ebb Crumb. 1956. U.S. Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin 1135: 1-356.

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

4.	Noctuidae; Lepidopterorum Catalogus (Lepidopterorum Catalogues New Series Fasc 118) Part 1 & 2) Poole, R. W. 1989. CRC Press .

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 6 April, 2014 - 12:02pm
Last updated 6 April, 2014 - 3:56pm

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