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Species Prosoparia anormalis - Hodges#8419.1

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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 Erebidae
Subfamily Boletobiinae
Tribe Boletobiini
Genus Prosoparia
Species anormalis (Prosoparia anormalis - Hodges#8419.1)
Hodges Number
8419.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Prosoparia anormalis (Barnes & McDunnough, 1912)
Friesia anormalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1912
Previously treated as a synonym of Prosoparia perfuscaria.
Size
LaFontaine & Dickel (2009)(1) listed the forewing length:
♂ 8-9 mm.
♀ 10 mm.
Identification
LaFontaine & Dickel (2009) revised description is available online in print references. (PDF)(1)
Range
Known only from Southeastern Arizona.(1)
Type locality: Redington, Arizona (USNM, Washington)(1)
Print References
LaFontaine, J.D. & T.S. Dickel 2009. The genus Prosoparia in North America, with description of a new species from Florida (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Boletobiinae). Lepidoptera Novae 2(3): 181.(1)