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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Heterocampinae » Litodonta » Litodonta hydromeli - Hodges#7968 (Litodonta hydromeli)

Species Litodonta hydromeli - Hodges#7968

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · 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 Notodontidae (Prominent Moths)
Subfamily Heterocampinae
Genus Litodonta
Species hydromeli (Litodonta hydromeli - Hodges#7968)
Hodges Number
7968
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Litodonta hydromeli Harvey, 1876
Phylogenetic sequence # 930060
Identification
Range
USA: IL, MO, KS, AK, MS, LA, OK, TX.
Type locality: [Bosque Co.], Texas.
Season
The flight period is March to December (MPG)
Food
Gum Bumelia - Sideroxylon lanuginosum (Sapotaceae) (Weller 1987)
Life Cycle
Weller (1987) described the life cycle in PDF.
Print References
Harvey, L.F. 1876. New Texan moths. The Canadian Entomologist, 8(1): 5.
Weller, S.J. 1987. Litodonta hydromeli Harvey (Notodontidae): description of life stages. Journal of the Lepidopterist Society. 41: 187–194. PDF
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (2)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.Butterflies of North America
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 15 April, 2007 - 8:03pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 6 March, 2022 - 12:35pm

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