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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)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group(2)
BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System(3)

Works Cited

1.A new species of Dodia Dyar (Noctuidae, Arctiinae) from central Canada
Christian Schmidt, Douglas Macaulay. 2009. ZooKeys. 9.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 19 June, 2018 - 5:27pm
Last updated 20 June, 2018 - 4:40pm

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