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Species Hemeroplanis historialis - Hodges#8472

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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 Erebidae
Subfamily Boletobiinae
Tribe Phytometrini
Genus Hemeroplanis
Species historialis (Hemeroplanis historialis - Hodges#8472)
Hodges Number
8472
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hemeroplanis historialis (Grote(1), 1882)
Pleonectyptera historialis Grote, 1882
Synonyms
Pleonectyptera finitima Smith, 1893 (2)(3)
Pleonectyptera secundalis Smith, 1907 (2)(3)
Pleonectyptera tenalis Smith, 1907 (2)
Phylogenetic sequence #930705
Numbers
There are 11 named Hemeroplanis species in America north of Mexico.(4), (3)
Range
California to western Texas, Oklahoma and Oregon. (5)
Life Cycle
Larvae pupate underground in a cocoon (Southwest Moths).
Print References
Grote, A.R., 1882. New moths. The Canadian Entomologist, 14(10): 188
Smith, 1907. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 33: 378 (2)