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Species Sympistis sectilis - Hodges#10149

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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 Oncocnemidinae
Genus Sympistis
Species sectilis (Sympistis sectilis - Hodges#10149)
Hodges Number
10149
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Sympistis sectilis (Smith, 1894)
Oxycnemis sectilis Smith, 1894
Leucocnemis sectilis Hampson, 1909
Oncocnemis sectilis
Range
Arizona and the Lower Rio Grand Valley of Texas Moth Photographers source.
Remarks
Identified by Jim Vargo:
See Also
Sympistis sectiloides is browner with dashes in the subterminal space.
Print References
Hampson, G.F. 1909. Catalogue of the Noctuidae in the collection of the British Museum. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British museum. 8: 222
Smith, J.B. 1894. Descriptions of new genera and species of Noctuidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 21:86; pl. 6, fig. 3