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Species Goniapteryx servia - Hodges#8544

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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 Hypocalinae
Genus Goniapteryx
Species servia (Goniapteryx servia - Hodges#8544)
Hodges Number
8544
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Goniapteryx servia (Stoll)
Orig. Comb: Phalaena servia Stoll [1780]
Numbers
monotypic genus
Size
wingspan about 30 mm
Range
e. and s. edge of the Edwards Plateau of c. TX to S. Amer. - MPG
Season
Apr to Jan (BG & MPG data)
Print References
Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico (1)
Poole, R. W, 1989; Noctuidae; Lepidopterorum catalogus (New Series, Fasc. 118)
Works Cited
1.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.