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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Tiger and Lichen Moths (Arctiinae) » Tiger Moths (Arctiini) » Arctiina » Chelis » Bean's Tiger Moth - Hodges#8160 (Chelis beanii)

Species Chelis beanii - Bean's Tiger Moth - Hodges#8160

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Tiger Moth - Chelis beanii Neoarctia beanii - Hodges #8160 - Chelis beanii
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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 Erebidae
Subfamily Arctiinae (Tiger and Lichen Moths)
Tribe Arctiini (Tiger Moths)
Subtribe Arctiina
Genus Chelis
Species beanii (Bean's Tiger Moth - Hodges#8160)
Hodges Number
8160
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Chelis beanii (Neumoegen, 1891)
Antarctia beanii Neumoegen, 1891 (1)
Phylogenetic sequence #930235 (2)
Explanation of Names
Named in honor of Thomas Ebenezer Bean (1844-1931). (3), (4)
"I take great pleasure in dedicating this handsome species to Mr. Bean, to whose indefatigable explorations of the Alberta subalpine fauna I owe my specimens." (1)
Size
Powell & Opler (2009) listed the forewing length 14-16 mm. (5)
Wingspan 33-35 mm. (1)
Range
Powell & Opler (2009) reported the range to include the Rockies of western Canada and Montana. (5)
Bug Guide record from Wyoming. (6)
Type locality: Laggan, Alberta (Mr. Bean).
Season
Powell & Opler (2009) reported a single flight from mid-July to early August. (5)
Print References
Neumoegen, B., 1891. New Rhopalocera and Heterocera. The Canadian Entomologist 23(6): 123. (1)
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, p. 267; pl. 46, fig. 46. (5)
Internet References
Pacific Northwest Moths (7)
Moth Photographers Group (8)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Berthold Neumoegen (1845-1895)
Works Cited
1.New Rhopalocera and Heterocera.
Berthold Neumoegen (Neumögen). 1891. The Canadian Entomologist 23(6): 122-126.
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.A brief history of lepidopterology in Illinois.
Roderick R. Irwin. 1972. Transactions of the Illinois Academy of Science 65: 45-49.
4.Entomologists of Alberta.
P.W. Riegert. 1989. The Entomological Society of Canada.
5.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
6.Tiger Moth
7.Pacific Northwest Moths
8.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 9 August, 2014 - 4:11pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 26 May, 2021 - 12:11pm

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