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Species Bagisara albicosta - Hodges#9174

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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 Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Bagisarinae
Genus Bagisara
Species albicosta (Bagisara albicosta - Hodges#9174)
Hodges Number
9174
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Bagisara albicosta Schaus, 1911
Identification
Apparently the only member of the genus with am. line angled outwardly from the coastal margin.
Range
AZ, TX and localities south.
Type Locality: Avangarez Mines, Costa Rica.
Print References
Schaus, W., 1911. New species of Heterocera from Costa Rica. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany and Geology, (ser. 8) 7: 48.