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Species Neoheliodines arizonense - Hodges#2502.3

Neoheliodines sp.? - Neoheliodines arizonense

Moth, dorsal-lateral - Neoheliodines arizonense

Moth, dorsal, spread - Neoheliodines arizonense

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Yponomeutoidea (Ermine Moths and kin)

Family Heliodinidae (Sun Moths)

Genus Neoheliodines

Species arizonense (Neoheliodines arizonense - Hodges#2502.3)

Hodges Number

2502.3

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Author: Hsu, 2004

Size

forewing length 3.9 - 5.6 mm (1)

Identification

Adults - description available online (1)

Range

Arizona and possibly New Mexico (1)

Season

adults fly late July through September in southern Arizona (1)

Food

larval host is Mirabilis longiflora (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

Works Cited

1.	Phylogenetic Relationships within Heliodinidae and Systematics of Moths Formerly Assigned to Heliodines Stainton Yu-Feng Hsu & Jerry A. Powell. 2004. University of California Publications in Entomology 124.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 23 September, 2008 - 9:09pm
Additional contributions by Edward Ruden, Randy Hardy
Last updated 13 May, 2020 - 10:49am

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