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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cobubathinae » Cobubatha » Cobubatha orthozona - Hodges#9017 (Cobubatha orthozona)

Species Cobubatha orthozona - Hodges#9017

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Remarks · Print References · 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 Cobubathinae
Genus Cobubatha
Species orthozona (Cobubatha orthozona - Hodges#9017)
Hodges Number
9017
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cobubatha orthozona (Hampson, 1910)
Eustrotia orthozona Hampson, 1910
Eustrotia santarita Dyar, 1911
Cobubatha antonita (Dyar, 1911)(1)
* phylogenetic sequence #931276
Explanation of Names
Orthozona is Latin meaning "straight belted." (2)
Numbers
One of nine species listed for North America north of Mexico. (1)
Size
20 mm wingspan (guide image).
Range
Southern California to Texas.
Occurs throughout Texas, though rare in east Texas. (3)
Remarks
This is the most common species of the genus in Texas. (3)
Print References
Dyar, H.G. 1911. Two new North American species of Eustrotia. Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington 13(2): 68 (Eustrotia santarita, E. antonita)
Hampson, G.F. 1910. Noctuide. Cat. Lepid. Phalaenae Br. Mus. 10: 592, pl.166, f.15
Lafontaine, J.D. & B.C. Schmidt 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - range map, photos of living and pinned adults.
Moth Photographers Group - photograph of pinned adult and related species for comparison.
Moths of Brackenridge Field Laboratory, University of Texas, Austin - listed for central Texas.
California Moth Species List - presence in California.
Works Cited
1.Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.
Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .
2.Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms
Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.
3.Illustrated Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, Vol. 2B: Macro-Moths
Ed Knudson & Charles Bordelon. 2004. Texas Lepidoptera Survey, Houston. xiv + 59 pp. 20 plates.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 9 August, 2008 - 6:53pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Maury Heiman, Chris Grinter, Chuck Sexton, Randy Hardy
Last updated 22 January, 2020 - 12:37am

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