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Species Pseudhapigia brunnea - Hodges#8029

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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 Heterocampinae
Genus Pseudhapigia
Species brunnea (Pseudhapigia brunnea - Hodges#8029)
Hodges Number
8029
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pseudhapigia brunnea Schaus, 1901
Hapigia estrella Barnes, 1904
Phylogenetic sequence # 930120(1)
Explanation of Names
Brunne is Latin for brown. (2)
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed Pseudhapigia brunnea as the only member of the genus in America north of Mexico. (1)
Size
Wingspan 43 mm. (3)
Range
Southern Arizona and Mexico.
Food
Bug Guide record reared from Eysenhardtia orthocarpa (A. Gray) S. Watson (kidneywood).
Print References
Schaus, W. 1901. A revision of the American Notodontidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 343.