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Species Aseptis ethnica - Hodges#9531

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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 Xylenini
Subtribe Xylenina
Genus Aseptis
Species ethnica (Aseptis ethnica - Hodges#9531)
Hodges Number
9531
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Aseptis ethnica (Smith, 1899)
Trachea ethnica (Smith, 1899)
Hadena ethnica Smith, 1899
Phylogenetic sequence # 932630 (1)
Size
Powell & Opler (2009) listed the forewing length 19-22 mm. (2)
Food
Smith (1899) reared from Manzanita.
Print References
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, plate 54, fig. 22; p. 299. (2)
Smith, J.B., 1899. Some new species of Hadena. The Canadian Entomologist 31. p. 263.
Internet References
Pacific Northwest Moths (3)
Moth Photographers Group (4)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
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.
3.Pacific Northwest Moths
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by John Davis on 7 September, 2007 - 3:46pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 28 August, 2014 - 7:44pm

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