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Species Alypiodes flavilinguis - Hodges#9312.1

Alypiodes bimaculata? - Alypiodes flavilinguis

Two-spotted Forester Moth - Alypiodes flavilinguis

Black and yellow caterpillar - Alypiodes flavilinguis

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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 Agaristinae

Genus Alypiodes

Species flavilinguis (Alypiodes flavilinguis - Hodges#9312.1)

Hodges Number

9312.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Alypiodes flavilinguis Grote, 1883

Explanation of Names

Alypiodes flavilinguis Grote, 1883 is elevated from synonymy of Alypiodes bimaculata (Herrich-Schäffer, 1853) in Gruber et al. (2021).

Range

AZ, NM, CO, western TX.

Holotype: “Near Hot Springs, Las Vegas N.M.”

Alypiodes bimaculata typically has forewing with a longer tapered white basal spot, shorter and more oval in flavilinguis, and a prominent white marking on the apex of the tegula, often lacking in flavilinguis. Also note an often prominent blue spot at the base of the forewing near the dorsal margin in flavilinguis. Larvae have white middorsal and subdorsal stripes, lacking in flavilinguis, and more regular black banding. The subventral area above the prolegs is mostly white, not jet black as in flavilinguis.

Print References

Gruber, J.W., T.A. Matson, and D.L. Wagner, 2021. Alypiodes flavilinguis Grote, 1883 as a Valid Species (Noctuidae, Agaristinae). The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 75(2) 81-87.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Steve Nanz on 23 July, 2021 - 9:37am
Last updated 24 July, 2021 - 5:11am

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