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Species Azenia procida - Hodges#9726.1

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Arizona Moth - Azenia procida Arizona Moth - Azenia procida Arizona Moth - Azenia procida Unidentified moth - Azenia procida Unidentified moth - Azenia procida Azenia procida Azenia procida Tortricid? - Azenia procida
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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 Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Metoponiinae
Genus Azenia
Species procida (Azenia procida - Hodges#9726.1)

Hodges Number

9726.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Azenia procida (Druce, 1889)
Phylogenetic sequence #931725.1

Identification

Adult: Azenia procida occurs in two color forms, one yellow and the other a dull yellowish brown. It differs from Azenia edentata in that the FW has larger, more diffuse dark spots, the outer margin of the frontal process is evenly convex, and the DNA barcode is more than 4% different from that of A. Edentata. (1)

Range

Distribution & Flight-period Chart (2)

Remarks

Includes as a synonym Azenia nepotica [931725.2, 9726.2] (2)
This taxon previously was treated as a form of Azenia edentata ssp. procida (Druce, 1889), but is now treated as a synonym of Azenia procida (Azenia nepotica (Dyar, 1912), syn. n.). The name nepotica represents the darker yellowish-brown form of Azenia procida. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group – Photographs are needed for this species (2)
BOLD Systems - images of pinned DNA supported specimens (3)

Works Cited

1.Additions and Corrections to the Check List of the Noctuoidea of North America north of Mexico
Lafontaine, J. Donald and Schmidt, B. Christian . 2011. ZooKeys 10: 145-161.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 3 January, 2016 - 2:16pm
Last updated 3 January, 2016 - 4:11pm

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