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Species Homorthodes hanhami - Hodges#10539

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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 Eriopygini
Genus Homorthodes
Species hanhami (Homorthodes hanhami - Hodges#10539)
Hodges Number
10539
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Homorthodes hanhami (Barnes & McDunnough, 1911)
Polia (Mamestra) hanhami Barnes & McDunnough, 1911 (1)
Phylogenetic sequence #933096
Explanation of Names
Named in honor of expert conchologist (shells) and avid microlepidoptera collector Abdiel William Hanham (1857–1944) of Duncan, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. (1), (2)
Size
FW length 11-14 mm. (3)
Identification
This species can usually be recognized by its small size, brown color, dark median band and lines across the distal wing, and the dark lower reniform with adjacent white spots. (3)
Range
Records from British Columbia south through California to Arizona. (4)
Type locality: Duncan, Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Print References
Barnes, Wm. & J.H. McDunnough. 1911. New species and genera of North American Lepidoptera. Journal of The New York Entomological Society 19: 155. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (4)
BOLD Systems (5)
Pacific Northwest Moths (3)
William Barnes
James Halliday McDunnough
Works Cited
1.New species and genera of North American Lepidoptera
William Barnes, James Halliday McDunnough. 1911. Journal of The New York Entomological Society 19: 151--162.
2.Checklist of the Lepidoptera of British Columbia, Canada.
Pohl, G.R., Cannings, R.A., Landry, J.-F., Holden, D.G., Scudder, G.G.E., . 2015. Entomological Society of British Columbia. 308 p.
3.Pacific Northwest Moths
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by John Davis on 6 September, 2007 - 5:25pm
Additional contributions by Robert Lord Zimlich, Randy Hardy
Last updated 17 December, 2017 - 10:51am

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