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Species Tarache idella - Hodges#9120

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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 Acontiinae (Bird Dropping Moths)
Tribe Acontiini
Genus Tarache
Species idella (Tarache idella - Hodges#9120)
Hodges Number
9120
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Tarache idella (Barnes, 1905) (1)
Cerathosea idella Barnes, 1905 (2)
Hemispragueia idella
Phylogenetic sequence # 931364 (3)
Size
Wingspan about 25. (4)
Identification
Adult: forewing white with black transverse streaks and spots, and deep yellow patch near apex; hindwing deep yellow; top of thorax white with large black spots; abdomen deep yellow; legs black and white.
Range
Southern Arizona and western Texas. (5), (4), (6)
Type Location: Pima County, Arizona.
Season
Adults fly July through September. (4)
Food
J. Bundy at southwestmoths.org found them on Sonoran Indian mallow (Abutilon mollicomum, Malvaceae) in the Baboquivara Mts, Pima Co., AZ.
Life Cycle
See Also
Ethmia delliella is also found in Texas.
Print References
Barnes, W. 1905. New species of North American Lepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist 37(5): 193. (2)
Blanchard, A. & E.C. Knudson 1985. New U.S. records and other interesting moths from Texas. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 39(1): 2, fig .10. (5)
Lafontaine, J.D. & R.W. Poole 2010. Review of the New World genera of the subfamily Acontiinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). ZooKeys 39: 157, f.27 (PDF) (1)
Works Cited
1.Review of the New World genera of the subfamily Acontiinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)
J. Donald Lafontaine, Robert W. Poole . 2010. ZooKeys 39: 137–160 .
2.New species of North American Lepidoptera
William Barnes. 1904. The Canadian Entomologist, 36(8): 237-244 .
3.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 .
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.New U.S. records and other interesting moths from Texas
André Blanchard, Edward C. Knudson. 1985. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 39(1): 1-8.
6.Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)
7.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems