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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Stiriinae » Stiriini » Chalcopasta » Chalcopasta howardi - Hodges#9776 (Chalcopasta howardi)

Species Chalcopasta howardi - Hodges#9776

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Chalcopasta howardi - Chalcopasta howardi

Thysanoplusia? - Metallic gold moth in north america - Chalcopasta howardi

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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 Stiriinae

Tribe Stiriini

Genus Chalcopasta

Species howardi (Chalcopasta howardi - Hodges#9776)

Hodges Number

9776

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Chalcopasta howardi (Hy. Edwards, 1877)

Plusia howardi Hy. Edwards, 1887

Basilodes howardi

Deva ornata Ottolengui, 1898

* phylogenetic sequence #931696

Size

Forewing length 15-17 mm. (1)

Wingspan: ♂ 35 mm, ♀ 37 mm. (2)

Range

Central and southern Arizona, southern New Mexico and southern Texas. (1)

Season

Adults in two flights April-May and July-October. (1)

Print References

Ottolengui R. 1898. Metallic species of Basilodes and new species of allied genera. The Canadian Entomologist 30(5): 105-108, pl.5, f.1-7 (2)

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. pl.52.13m, p.289 (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - species page

Moth Photographers Group - photograph of pinned adult and related species for comparison

Nearctica - species page

Moths of Southeastern Arizona - photograph of pinned adult

Works Cited

1.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

2.	Metallic species of Basilodes and new species of allied genera. R. Ottolengui. 1898. The Canadian Entomologist 30(5): 105-108, pl.5, f.1-7.

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 15 January, 2008 - 7:23pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 10 May, 2013 - 12:35pm

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