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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Amphipyrinae » Psaphidini » Nocloina » Oslaria » Green Oslaria - Hodges#9791 (Oslaria viridifera)

Species Oslaria viridifera - Green Oslaria - Hodges#9791

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · See Also · 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 Amphipyrinae
Tribe Psaphidini
Subtribe Nocloina
Genus Oslaria
Species viridifera (Green Oslaria - Hodges#9791)
Hodges Number
9791
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Oslaria viridifera (Grote(1), 1882)
Zotheca viridifera Grote, 1882
Phylogenetic sequence # 931575 (2)
Explanation of Names
Viridifera from Latin viridis meaning "green".
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed two species of the genus Oslaria are in America north of Mexico. (2)
Size
Forewing length about 14 mm with the females slightly larger than males.
Identification
Adult: forewing light green with darker grayish-green patches along costa in median and subterminal areas, and another diffuse patch in lower median area; AM line straight; PM line curved, and has an obvious wiggle where it bends under reniform spot; terminal line thin, dark; fringe light green; hindwing slightly paler green than forewing, with indistinct PM line, dark terminal line, and green fringe.
Range
Southern Arizona to southern Texas; northern Mexico. (3)
Habitat
Riparian oak and juniper woodlands.
Season
Adults fly in July through early October.
See Also
Zotheca tranquilla
Print References
Grote, A.R. 1882. New species and notes on structure of moths and genera. The Canadian Entomologist, 14(11): (217).
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (4)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
Moths of Southeastern Arizona (6)
Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com) (3)
Works Cited
1.Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)
2.Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.
Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .
3.Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
6.Moths of Southeast Arizona
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 31 July, 2007 - 2:44pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 16 November, 2013 - 7:07pm

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