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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Litter Moths (Herminiinae) » Phalaenophana » Phalaenophana extremalis - Hodges#8339 (Phalaenophana extremalis)

Species Phalaenophana extremalis - Hodges#8339

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Internet References · Works Cited
Noctuidae: Herminiinae-Rivulinae-Hypeninae??? - Phalaenophana extremalis Arizona Moth - Phalaenophana extremalis Arizona Moth - Phalaenophana extremalis Hypeninae - Phalaenophana extremalis Renia? - Phalaenophana extremalis Phalaenophana extremalis Phalaenophana extremalis
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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 Herminiinae (Litter Moths)
Genus Phalaenophana
Species extremalis (Phalaenophana extremalis - Hodges#8339)
Hodges Number
8339
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Phalaenophana extremalis Barnes W., McDunnough J. (1912)
Renia extremalis Barnes W., McDunnough J. (1912)
Identification
Adult - Original description by Barnes & McDunnough (1912) here (1)
Larvae - Description and info by George L. Godfrey (1980) here. (2)
Range
Arizona and New Mexico
Internet References
Images and Info at Moth Photographers Group
Images and Info at Barcoding Life
Works Cited
1.Fifty new species; notes on the genus Alpheias
Barnes W., McDunnough J. H. 1912. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America. 1(5): 1-44.
2.Descriptions of the larva of Phalaenophana extremalis with notes on P. pyramusalis
Godfrey G. L. 1980. Lepidopterists' Society .
Contributed by Steve Nanz on 27 February, 2015 - 3:19am
Last updated 27 February, 2015 - 4:50am

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