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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Erebinae » Omopterini » Toxonprucha » Toxonprucha scitior - Hodges#8673.2 (Toxonprucha scitior)

Species Toxonprucha scitior - Hodges#8673.2

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Toxonprucha scitior - Hodges#8673.2 - Toxonprucha scitior - male

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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 Erebinae

Tribe Omopterini

Genus Toxonprucha

Species scitior (Toxonprucha scitior - Hodges#8673.2)

Hodges Number

8673.2

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Toxonprucha scitior (Walker, 1865)

Homoptera scitior Walker, 1865

Phylogenetic Sequence # 931000

Identification

Specimen identified by DNA analysis:

Remarks

Toxonprucha scitior (Walker, 1865) is now recognized within the North American fauna, Hill Country of Texas, ZooKeys, 788: 246.(1)

See Also

Other species in this genus may be very similar.

The typical form of Zaleops umbrina may be easy to confuse with this species.

Check the shape of the PM line near the center of the forewings. Look for the dark ST line on the hind-wings.

Print References

Walker, F., 1865. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. 33: 880.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Works Cited

1.	Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico IV Schmidt, B.C., J.D. Lafontaine & J.T. Troubridge. 2018. ZooKeys. 788: 241-252.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Steve Nanz on 5 December, 2018 - 10:17am
Additional contributions by Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 24 November, 2021 - 9:20pm

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