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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ermine Moths and kin (Yponomeutoidea) » Sun Moths (Heliodinidae) » Embola » Embola ciccella - Hodges#2498 (Embola ciccella)

Species Embola ciccella - Hodges#2498

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Internet References · Works Cited
Neoheliodines sp. - Embola ciccella Arizona Moth - possible Embola ciccella Hodges 2498 - Embola ciccella Embola ciccella? - Embola ciccella Embola ciccella? - Embola ciccella Embola or Neoheliodines - Embola ciccella Arizona Moth - Embola ciccella Arizona Moth - Embola ciccella Embola ciccella
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Yponomeutoidea (Ermine Moths and kin)
Family Heliodinidae (Sun Moths)
Genus Embola
Species ciccella (Embola ciccella - Hodges#2498)
Hodges Number
2498
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Embola ciccella (Barnes & Busck, 1920)
Phylogenetic sequence #078125
Size
Wingspan: 13-16mm [cite:1179096]
Identification
Adult: FW pale orange with rather strongly raised lead-colored spots along the costa and dorsal margin, extended as a bar the length of the termen. [cite:1179096]
Range
Southern Arizona, western New Mexico, to Zacatecas, Mexico [cite:1179096]
Distribution & Flight-period Chart (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group – image of pinned adult (1)
CalPhotos – larger image of Jerry Powell's pinned adult
BAMONA – description [cite:1179096]
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 3 January, 2016 - 12:52pm

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