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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Noctuini » Agrotina » Dichagyris » Dichagyris capota - Hodges#10876 (Dichagyris capota)

Species Dichagyris capota - Hodges#10876

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)
Tribe Noctuini
Subtribe Agrotina
Genus Dichagyris
Species capota (Dichagyris capota - Hodges#10876)
Hodges Number
10876
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Dichagyris capota (Smith, 1908)
Euxoa capota Smith, 1908
Agrotis delicatessa Dyar, 1914
Size
Wingspan: 29-32 mm.
Identification
See references below.
Range
MPG records from Arizona and New Mexico in our area (1).
Season
MPG records from March to September (1).
Print References
Dyar, H. 1914. New Lepidoptera from Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 47(2054): 369.
Smith, J. 1908. New Species and Genera of the Lepidopterous Family Noctuidae for 1907 Part II. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 18(2): 98.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 23 December, 2016 - 1:39am
Last updated 24 December, 2016 - 12:28am

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