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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Dypterygiini » Magusa » Tropical Narrow-wing - Hodges#9637 (Magusa orbifera)

Species Magusa orbifera - Tropical Narrow-wing - Hodges#9637

Classification · Hodges Number · Identification · Range · Season · Remarks · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Dypterygiini
Genus Magusa
Species orbifera (Tropical Narrow-wing - Hodges#9637)
Hodges Number
9637
Identification
Smaller than Magusa divaricata, which is widespread in North America
Range
"South Florida from about Miami down through the Keys and Caribbean Islands. Magusa outside this area in North America are 9637.1 - Magusa divaricata."
Season
Year-round in South Florida
Remarks
The widespread Magusa divaricata was once included as a synonym of M. orbifera. References to M. orbifera outside of Florida in North America refer to what is now known as M. divaricata.
See Also
Magusa divaricata
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Paul Dennehy on 14 September, 2017 - 1:58pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 22 September, 2017 - 7:17am

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