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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Heterocampinae » Heterocampa » Heterocampa averna - Hodges#7991 (Heterocampa averna)

Species Heterocampa averna - Hodges#7991

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Heterocampa averna 9 day old larva - Heterocampa averna

Heterocampa averna larva - Heterocampa averna

Heterocampa averna? - Heterocampa averna

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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 Notodontidae (Prominent Moths)

Subfamily Heterocampinae

Genus Heterocampa

Species averna (Heterocampa averna - Hodges#7991)

Hodges Number

7991

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Heterocampa averna Barnes & McDunnough, 1910

Heterocampa pulverea var. averna Barnes & McDunnough, 1910

Disphragis pasathelys Dyar, 1921

* phylogenetic sequence #930083

Explanation of Names

Averna is a Latin word for hell.

Size

Wingspan 38-45 mm. (1)

FWL ♂ = 19.0-22.0 mm; FWL ♀ = 26.5-29.0 mm. (2)

Range

Southwestern United States. (1)

Type Location: Redington, Arizona.

Food

Larval host is Emory oak (Quercus emoryi). (3)

See Also

Heterocampa amanda is smaller, FWL ♂ = 17.0-18.5 mm; FWL ♀ = 19.0-20.0 mm. (2)

Print References

Barnes, W. & J.B. McDunnough 1910. New species and varieties of North American Lepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist 42(6): 213

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - species page

Moths of SE Arizona - Image of pinned adults

Butterflies & Moths of NA - distribution map

Moths of Brown Canyon, Baboquivari Mountains, SE Arizona - food plant

NMNH syntype record

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	Noctuoidea, Notodontidae (Part 2, Conclusion): Heterocampinae, Nystaleinae, Dioptinae, Dicranurinae Miller, J.S., D.L. Wagner, P.A. Opler & J.D. Lafontaine. 2021. The Moths of America north of Mexico, Fascicle 22.1B: 1-443.

3.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 17 August, 2007 - 1:18pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy
Last updated 26 March, 2022 - 3:35pm

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