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Species Arctioptera cavillator - Hodges#9187

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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 Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Pantheinae
Genus Arctioptera
Species cavillator (Arctioptera cavillator - Hodges#9187)
Hodges Number
9187
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Arctioptera cavillator (Walker, 1856)
Dipthera cavillator Walker, 1856 (1)
Charadra decora Morrison, 1875
Explanation of Names
Arctioptera cavillator (Walker, 1856), n. comb, includes as a synonym Arctioptera decora (Morrison, 1875), formerly in the genus Lichnoptera and transferred to Arctioptera Anweiler & Schmidt, 2020, n. gen. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (3)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (Lichnoptera decora) (4)
Works Cited
1.List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part IX - Noctuidae.
Francis Walker. 1856. British Museum (Natural History), p.1-252.
2.Noctuoidea Noctuidae (Part) Pantheinae, Raphiinae, Balsinae, Acronictinae
Schmidt, B.C. & G.G. Anweiler. 2020. The Moths of North America.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Mike Boone on 7 January, 2008 - 10:51am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 4 May, 2020 - 5:24am

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