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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) » Pericopina » Hypocrita » Hypocrita celina - Hodges#8038.1 (Hypocrita celina)

Species Hypocrita celina - Hodges#8038.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Hypocrita escuintla - Hypocrita celina Hypocrita celina - male Hypocrita celina - male Hypocrita celina - male
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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 Pericopina
Genus Hypocrita
Species celina (Hypocrita celina - Hodges#8038.1)
Hodges Number
8038.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hypocrita celina (Boisduval, 1870)
Hypocrita escuintla (Schaus, 1920) (1)
Eucyane escuintia Schaus, 1920
Phylogenetic sequence # 930350 (2)
Range
Texas, Florida / Guatemala
Rare: 2 TX & 1 FL record (BG data)
Remarks
Synonymy of Hypocrita escuintla with H. celina proposed by Becker (2013) and Vincent & Laquerre (2013). Noted by Lafontaine & Schmidt (2015).
Print References
Becker, V.O. 2013. Taxonomic changes in the Neotropical Pericopina and Ctenuchina moths (Erebidae, Arctiinae, Arctiini), with description of new taxa. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera. 46: 62
Habeck, D.H., 2007. Report of an unusual Arctiid catch in Alachua County, Florida. Southern Lepidopterists' News 29(1): 1. (PDF)
Lafontaine, J. Donald and B. Christian Schmidt. 2015. Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico III. ZooKeys 527: 127–147 (available here)
Schaus, W., 1920. New species of Lepidoptera in the United States Museum. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 57(2307): 128.
Vincent B., & M.Laguerre, 2013 Changements nomenclaturaux chez les Arctiinae néotropicales (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae); seconde partie. Zoosystema. 35: 450
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Works Cited
1.Revised checklist of the tiger moths of the Continental United States and Canada
B. Christian Schmidt & Paul A. Opler. 2008. Zootaxa 1677: 1–23.
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.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 27 September, 2014 - 10:53am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Mike Quinn, ceiseman
Last updated 11 January, 2019 - 8:24pm

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