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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Stiriinae » Stiriini » Basilodes » Basilodes chrysopis - Hodges#9780 (Basilodes chrysopis)

Species Basilodes chrysopis - Hodges#9780

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Pale yellow and silvery moth - Basilodes chrysopis Basilodes chrysopis - Hodges #9780 - Basilodes chrysopis Noctuid - Basilodes chrysopis Basilodes chrysopis caterpillar extracting then holding seeds while eating - Basilodes chrysopis Basilodes chrysopis Larva - Basilodes chrysopis noctuid larva - Basilodes chrysopis Caterpillar - Basilodes chrysopis
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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 Stiriinae
Tribe Stiriini
Genus Basilodes
Species chrysopis (Basilodes chrysopis - Hodges#9780)
Hodges Number
9780
Other Common Names
Guilded Seedcopper, Martins (NM)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Basilodes chrysopis Grote, 1881 (154)
syn. Basilodes catharops Dyer, 1911 (64)
Phylogenetic sequence #931678.
Numbers
There are three named species of Basilodes in America north of Mexico. (1)
Size
Forewing length about 18 mm.
Range
Arizona to Texas and north to Colorado and Oklahoma.
Moth Photographers Group - large range map with collection dates.
Season
Most records of adults are from June through October. (2)
*January record for Arizona. (?) (2)
Food
Larval host is Verbesina encelioides (Cav.) Benth. & Hook. f. ex A. Gray (Asteraceae)
See Also
Basilodes pepita
Print References
Dyar, H. G. 1911. A new Basilodes from Texas. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 13: 64
Grote, A. R., 1881. New moths from Arizona, with notes on Catocala and Heliothis. Papilio 1(9): 154
Lafontaine J. D., & B. C. Schmidt 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America North of Mexico. p. 57.(1)
Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. pl. 52.9; p. 288.(3)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - range map, photos of larvae, living and pinned adults.
Nearctica.com - species page
Moths of Southeastern Arizona. - pinned adult and foodplant reference.
Moth Photographers Group - pinned adult and related species for comparison.
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.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 4 October, 2007 - 5:55pm
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott, Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 19 March, 2013 - 3:47pm

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