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Species Cobubatha dividua - Hodges#9018

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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 Cobubathinae

Genus Cobubatha

Species dividua (Cobubatha dividua - Hodges#9018)

Hodges Number

9018

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cobubatha dividua (Grote)

Orig. Comb: Eustrotia dividua Grote, 1879

Syn: Oribates opiparus Edwards, 1881

* phylogenetic sequence #931277

Numbers

9 spp. of Cobubatha north of Mexico (1) plus several known species to be described.

Size

Forewing length 8-9 mm (Powell & Opler, 2009).(2)

Identification

Adult: forewing mostly dark in basal third, mostly pale tan in distal two-thirds; AM line dark grayish-brown, its distal margin fairly straight, it's basal margin irregular/jagged; fringe black; hindwing uniformly brownish-gray.

Range

CA-TX (Powell & Opler, 2009) plus KS-OK-AR (MPG, BG data)

Season

Knudson & Boerderlon states Texas adults fly from March to October. Mustelin says southern California adults fly from January to November. (2)

Food

One known larval host plant is Justica californica (beloperone), which is found in southern California and Arizona. (Comstock & Dammers)(2)

* usda.gov USDA plant information

Life Cycle

There are likely multiple broods. (2)

Print References

Edwards, Hy. 1881. Notes on some North American lepidoptera. Papilio 1(7): 117 (Oribates opiparus)

Grote, A.R. 1879. A new Eustrotia and Thalpochares. North American Entomologist 1(6): 46

Lafontaine, J. D., and B. C. Schmidt 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America North of Mexico. p.45.(1)

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. p.280. pl.50.14 (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG

BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems - species account with collection map and photos of pinned adults.

4 pinned adult images (Bruce Walsh, Moths of Southeastern Arizona)

pinned adult image of pinned adult in collection.(CBIF)

Moths of Brackenridge Field Laboratory, University of Texas, Austin - on central Texas checklist.

presence in California; list of 5 specimen records with dates and locations (U. of California at Berkeley)

Moth Photographers Group- photos of pinned Cobubatha dividua and related species.

Works Cited

1.	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 .

2.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 5 September, 2007 - 11:05am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 17 July, 2013 - 3:21pm

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