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Species Hyperstrotia nana - White-lined Graylet - Hodges#9035

Hodges #9038 - White-lined Graylet - Hyperstrotia nana

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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 Boletobiinae

Tribe Phytometrini

Genus Hyperstrotia (Graylet Moths)

Species nana (White-lined Graylet - Hodges#9035)

Hodges Number

9035

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Hyperstrotia nana (Hübner, 1818)

Cryphia nana Hübner, 1818

Cryphia villificans Barnes & McDunnough, 1918 (1)

Explanation of Names

nana is a Latin adjective derived from Greek nanos (νανος)- "dwarf"

Identification

Print References

Barnes, W. & J.H. McDunnough, 1918. Notes and new species. Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America. 4(2): 113; pl. 18, fig. 9.

Hampson, G.F. 1910. Catalogue of the Noctuidae in the collection of the British Museum, 10: 552.

Hübner, J. 1818. Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge, bestehend in Bekundigung einzelner Fliegmuster neuer oder rarer nichteuropäischer Gattungen. 1: 14; pl. 10, figs. 53-54.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Works Cited

1.	Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico III Lafontaine J.D. & B.C. Schmidt. 2015. ZooKeys 527: 127-147.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by tom murray on 9 July, 2007 - 7:45am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Tony-2, Maury Heiman, ceiseman, Fyn Kynd, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 5 July, 2020 - 9:32am

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