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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Nystaleinae » Elasmia » Elasmia packardii - Hodges#7949 (Elasmia packardii)

Species Elasmia packardii - Hodges#7949

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Season · Food · See Also · 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 Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Notodontidae (Prominent Moths)
Subfamily Nystaleinae
Genus Elasmia
Species packardii (Elasmia packardii - Hodges#7949)
Hodges Number
7949
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Elasmia packardii (Morrison, 1875) (1)
Edema packardii Morrison, 1875
Hippia packardii
Phylogenetic sequence # 930125
Explanation of Names
Named in honor of Alpheus Spring Packard Jr. (2)
Numbers
Three species are found in America north of Mexico.
Elasmia cave
Elasmia mandela santanna
Elasmia packardii
Size
Forewing length: (1)
♂ 12-15 mm.
♀ 13-16 mm.
Range
Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. (1)
Season
Adults fly April to early October. (1)
Food
Larval host plants include: (1)
western soapberry Sapindus saponaria var. drummondii (Sapindaceae).
Mexican buckeye Ungnadia speciosa (Sapindaceae).
See Also
Symmerista species have larger and more conspicuous whitish patch along costa of forewing.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Moths of Southeastern Arizona
Works Cited
1.A new species of Elasmia Möschler from New Mexico and Texas, and a new subspecies of Elasmia mandela (Druce) from ....
Eric Metzler, Edward Knudson. 2011. Zookeys 149: 51-67.
2.Biographical memoir of Alpheus Spring Packard Jr., LL.D. (1839 – 1905)
T. D. A. Cockerell. 1920. The National Academy of Sciences 9: 179-236.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 20 January, 2008 - 2:04am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 1 June, 2013 - 9:27am

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