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Species Toxonprucha pardalis - Spotted Toxonprucha - Hodges#8670

Representative Images

Spotted Toxonprucha - Toxonprucha pardalis 7008644 - Toxonprucha pardalis Toxonprucha clientis - Toxonprucha pardalis Toxonprucha pardalis? - Toxonprucha pardalis Toxonprucha pardalis Toxonprucha - Toxonprucha pardalis Arizona Moth - Toxonprucha pardalis Mystery Moth - labeled as Client Moth - Toxonprucha pardalis
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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 Erebinae
Tribe Omopterini
Genus Toxonprucha
Species pardalis (Spotted Toxonprucha - Hodges#8670)

Hodges Number

8670

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Toxonprucha pardalis (Smith, 1908)
Yrias pardalis Smith, 1908

Explanation of Names

pardalis: from the Greek "pardalotos" (spotted); presumably refers to the conspicuous dark spot at the apex of the forewing, and is the origin of the suggested common name Spotted Toxonprucha.

Size

Wingspan 25-29. (1)

Identification

Adult - forewing dark brownish-gray with several darker wavy lines crossing wing; PM line heaviest, black, with small pale patch at costa; subterminal area with orangish shading; conspicuous dark oval spot at apex also contains some orangish shading; hindwing similar to forewing in color and pattern. See Smith's original description in Print References.

Range

Arizona to Texas and into Mexico.
Type location: Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona. (1)

Habitat

5000-8000' (1)

Season

Adults in June. (1)

Print References

Smith, J.B. 1908. New Species of Noctuidae for 1908. I. With Notes on Charadra, Raphia and Pseudanarta. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 16(2): 97-98 (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group
pinned adult image with correct Hodges number but species mislabeled "paradalia" (Bruce Walsh, Moths of Southeastern Arizona)
presence in Texas; list (Dale Clark, Texas)

Works Cited

1.New species of Noctuidae for 1908. I. With notes on Charadra, Raphia and Psuedanarta
John B. Smith. 1908. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 16(2): 79-98.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 29 July, 2007 - 9:14pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 17 January, 2015 - 1:17pm

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