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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
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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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