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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ermine Moths and kin (Yponomeutoidea) » Sun Moths (Heliodinidae) » Aetole » Aetole prenticei - Hodges#2497.1 (Aetole prenticei)

Species Aetole prenticei - Hodges#2497.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Yponomeutoidea (Ermine Moths and kin)
Family Heliodinidae (Sun Moths)
Genus Aetole
Species prenticei (Aetole prenticei - Hodges#2497.1)
Hodges Number
2497.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Aetole prenticei Hsu, 2005
Size
Forewing length 3-4 mm.(1)
Range
California Central Valley and Coachella Valley to New Mexico.(1)
Habitat
Alkaline wetlands.(1)
Season
Multivoltine with adults in March, July, September to October.(1)
Food
Powell & Opler (2009) reported this species is closely associated with Sesuvium verrucosum (sea-purslane).(1)
Remarks
Photo soon
Print References
Hsu, 2005. University of California Publications in Entomology. v. 124, p. 1-214.
Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, pl. 11.43; p. 111.(1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group(2)
BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System(3)
Works Cited
1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 22 June, 2018 - 10:59pm
Last updated 27 June, 2018 - 12:40am

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