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Species Dodia tarandus - Hodges#8128.3

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 Arctiinae (Tiger and Lichen Moths)
Tribe Arctiini (Tiger Moths)
Subtribe Callimorphina
Genus Dodia
Species tarandus (Dodia tarandus - Hodges#8128.3)
Hodges Number
8128.3
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Dodia tarandus Schmidt & Macaulay, 2009(1)
Size
Schmidt & Macaulay (2009) descibed forewing length average:(1)
♂ 15.6 mm. (n=3)
♀ 14.3 mm. (n=1)
Range
Central Alberta eastward to Manitoba.
Holotype ♂ collected Caribou Mtns/East shore Wentzel Lake, Alberta, Canada. (1)
Habitat
Boreal black spruce bogs and adjacent open pine uplands.(1)
Remarks
Photo soon
Print References
Schmidt, B. C. & D. Macaulay, 2009. A new species of Dodia Dyar from central Canada. In: Schmidt, B. C. & J. D. Lafontaine (Eds), Contributions to the Systematics of New World Macro-Moths. ZooKeys 9: 83.(1)