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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 » Rifargia » Rifargia subrotata - Hodges#7985 (Rifargia subrotata)

Species Rifargia subrotata - Hodges#7985

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Heterocampa_subrotata-28may2012 - Rifargia subrotata - male Small Heterocampa Moth - Rifargia subrotata - female Small Heterocampa Moth - Rifargia subrotata - female Heterocampa subrotata - Rifargia subrotata Small Heterocampa - Hodges#7985 - Rifargia subrotata Small Heterocampa - Rifargia subrotata Rifargia subrotata Rifargia subrotata - female
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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 Rifargia
Species subrotata (Rifargia subrotata - Hodges#7985)
Hodges Number
7985
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Rifargia subrotata Harvey, 1874
Heterocampa subrotata Harvey, 1874
Explanation of Names
Our smallest Heterocampa sp. (1)
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 21 species of the genus Heterocampa in America north of Mexico. (2)
Size
Wingspan 28-36 mm. (1)
Identification
Adult: Recognizably smaller than White-blotched Heterocampa; AM and PM lines often show more prominent orange tint; white patch in subapical area lacks prominent black edge on distal side (but may have small black darts).

Range
e. US to AZ - Map (MPG)(3)
Season
Mature larvae reported May to November. (4)
Food
Hackberry - Celtis (Ulmaceae) (4)
Remarks
Common (1)
Print References
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. plate 42, fig. 12; p. 250. (5)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (6)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (7)
Works Cited
1.Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths
Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.
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.Caterpillars of Eastern North America
David L. Wagner. 2005. Princeton University Press.
5.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
6.Butterflies of North America
7.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 25 April, 2007 - 11:38am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, marcie oconnor, Chuck Sexton
Last updated 3 June, 2023 - 5:13pm

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