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Species Behrensia conchiformis - Hodges#10178

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found on snowberry (marked snowberry 6-13) deceased - Behrensia conchiformis hatchling (cobra) and egg - Behrensia conchiformis hatchling 4th instar - Behrensia conchiformis moth - Behrensia conchiformis Behrensia conchiformis 10178 - Behrensia conchiformis Hirsute moth - Behrensia conchiformis Behrensia conchiformis
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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 Oncocnemidinae
Genus Behrensia
Species conchiformis (Behrensia conchiformis - Hodges#10178)

Hodges Number

10178

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Behrensia conchiformis Grote(1), 1875
Phylogenetic sequence # 931775

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed two species of the genus Behrensia in America north of Mexico. (2)

Range

British Columbia to Baja California. (3)

Print References

Grote, A.R., 1875. Preliminary list of the Noctuidae of California. The Canadian Entomologist, p. 71.
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, pl. 51, fig. 34; p. 286. (4)

Internet References

Pacific Northwest Moths (5)
Moth Photographers Group (3)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)

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.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
5.Pacific Northwest Moths
6.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by John Davis on 6 September, 2007 - 5:19pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 4 March, 2014 - 3:51pm

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