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Species Homorthodes rubritincta - Hodges#10538

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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 rubritincta (Homorthodes rubritincta - Hodges#10538)
Hodges Number
10538
Size
wingspan 27 mm (1)
Identification
Described by McDunnough (1943) as having the same maculation as Homorthodes mania but with forewings "deep pinkish over a light ochreous ground" (1). The original description of mania is available from a link on that species page.
Range
described from Maricopa, AZ (1)
See Also
Homorthodes mania is described by Strecker (1899) from Colorado with forewing color "ochreous fawn". (2)
Works Cited
1.Hadenine Notes and Descriptions (Phalaenidae, Leipidoptera)
McDunnough, J. 1943. The Canadian Entomologist, Volume 75, Issue 3, March, pp. 43-57.
2.Lepidoptera, Rhopaloceres and Heteroceres: Indigenous and Exotic, Supplement No. 2
Strecker, H. 1899. Published by Author.