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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Heterocampinae » Pseudhapigia » Pseudhapigia brunnea - Hodges#8029 (Pseudhapigia brunnea)

Species Pseudhapigia brunnea - Hodges#8029

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Pseudhapigia brunnea 2 day old larva - Pseudhapigia brunnea

Pseudhapigia brunnea 30 day old larva - Pseudhapigia brunnea

Pseudhapigia brunnea? - Pseudhapigia brunnea

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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.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (4)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Works Cited

1.	Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .

2.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	Butterflies of North America

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 28 January, 2008 - 1:50pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 21 December, 2013 - 9:17pm

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