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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) » Eriopygini » Hypotrix » Hypotrix ferricola - Hodges#10614 (Hypotrix ferricola)

Species Hypotrix ferricola - Hodges#10614

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Hypotrix ferricola 10614 - Hypotrix ferricola

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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 Hypotrix

Species ferricola (Hypotrix ferricola - Hodges#10614)

Hodges Number

10614

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Hypotrix ferricola (Smith, 1905)

Trichorthosia ferricola (Smith, 1905)

Leucania ferricola Smith, 1905 (1)

Size

FWL: 13 to 15 mm (2).

Identification

"Within [the] United States the boldly streaked orange and blackish-gray forewing pattern of Hypotrix ferricola is unmistakable" (2).

Range

"Southeastern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, and northern Mexico" (2).

Habitat

"Most records are from ponderosa pine forests" (2).

Season

Collecting dates range from early April to early August, possibly representing several generations" (2).

See Also

Hypotrix aselenographa (Dyar, 1916), a Mexican species.

Print References

Lafontaine, J.D.; Ferris, C.D.; Walsh, J.B. 2010. "A revision of the genus Hypotrix Guenee in North America with descriptions of four new species and a new genus (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Eriopygini)". ZooKeys, 39: 230, figs. 1, 2, 19, 34 (2).

Smith, J.B. 1905. "New species of Noctuidae for 1905, No. 3". Journal of The New York Entomological Society, 13: 203 (1).

Internet References

Species page at Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (3)

Species page at The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Works Cited

1.	New species of Noctuidae for 1905, No. 3 John B Smith. 1905. Journal of The New York Entomological Society, 13: 188--211.

2.	A revision of the genus Hypotrix Guenee in North America with descriptions of four new species and ... Donald Lafontaine, Clifford Ferris, J. Walsh. 2010. Zoo Keys 39: 225-253.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 1 December, 2017 - 8:50pm
Last updated 14 December, 2017 - 5:24pm

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