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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Eriopygini » Homorthodes » Homorthodes fractura - Hodges#10534 (Homorthodes fractura)

Species Homorthodes fractura - Hodges#10534

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Remarks · See Also · 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 Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)
Tribe Eriopygini
Genus Homorthodes
Species fractura (Homorthodes fractura - Hodges#10534)
Hodges Number
10534
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Homorthodes fractura (Smith, 1906)
Phylogenetic Sequence # 933091
Identification
Specimens identified by DNA analysis:
Range
western (AZ, CA, BC, MT, NM, OR, TX, WA) south into Mexico (1)(2)
Remarks
Subspecies:
Homorthodes fractura fractura
Homorthodes fractura mecrona Smith, 1908
See Also
H. fractura is a variable species. The amelanic ones are similar to H. communis but tend to be larger and less "orange". You can also tell the males apart by brushing the scales off the tips of the valves and checking them under a scope. (Lars Crabro)
Internet References
Wikipedia
PNW Moths
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by John Davis on 21 July, 2008 - 6:14pm
Additional contributions by Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 27 April, 2021 - 8:03pm

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