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Species Astiptodonta aonides - Hodges#7971

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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 Astiptodonta
Species aonides (Astiptodonta aonides - Hodges#7971)
Hodges Number
7971
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Astiptodonta aonides (Strecker, 1899)
Hyparpax aonides Strecker, 1899
Phylogenetic Sequence # 930063
Explanation of Names
Astiptodonta aonides (Strecker, 1899), n. comb. in Miller et al. (2021)(1), was formerly placed in the genus Litodonta.
Range
South central New Mexico southward through western Texas to Big Bend NP (1)
Type locality: New Mexico.
Food
Ocotillo, Fouquieria splendens
Works Cited
1.Noctuoidea, Notodontidae (Part 2, Conclusion): Heterocampinae, Nystaleinae, Dioptinae, Dicranurinae
Miller, J.S., D.L. Wagner, P.A. Opler & J.D. Lafontaine. 2021. The Moths of America north of Mexico, Fascicle 22.1B: 1-443.