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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Heterocampinae » Macrurocampa » Macrurocampa alpina - Hodges#7973 (Macrurocampa alpina)

Species Macrurocampa alpina - Hodges#7973

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Litodonta gigantea - Macrurocampa alpina
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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 Macrurocampa
Species alpina (Macrurocampa alpina - Hodges#7973)
Hodges Number
7973
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Macrurocampa alpina (Benjamin, 1932)
Litodonta alpina Benjamin, 1932
Explanation of Names
Macrurocampa alpina (Benjamin, 1932), n. comb. in Miller et al. (2021)(1), was formerly in the genus Litodonta.
Range
Southern NM and western TX - Miller et al. (2021)
Type locality: Alpine, TX.
See Also
Macrurocampa gigantea (Barnes & Benjamin, 1924) is larger and unknown east of western New Mexico.
Internet References
Barcode of Life (BOLD) (2)
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (3)
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.
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Steve Nanz on 23 March, 2022 - 4:35am

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