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Species Schizura obligata - Hodges#8005.1

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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 Schizura

Species obligata (Schizura obligata - Hodges#8005.1)

Hodges Number

8005.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Schizura obligata (Dyar, 1919)

Dicentria obligata Dyar, 1919

Explanation of Names

Schizura obligata (Dyar, 1919), rev. sat. in Miller et al. (2021), was previously treated as a synonym of Ianassa limosoides (Schaus) in Becker (2014). This species is is misidentified in many collections as S. ipomaeae.

Range

Southern AZ - Miller et al. (2021)

Type locality: Zacualpán, Mexico.

Print References

Becker, V.O., 2014. Checklist of New World Notodontidae (Noctuoidea). Lepidoptera Novae, 7(1): 1-40.

Miller, J.S., D.L. Wagner, P.A. Opler & J.D. Lafontaine, 2021. Noctuoidea, Notodontidae (Part 2, Conclusion): Heterocampinae, Nystaleinae, Dioptinae, Dicranurinae. The Moths of America north of Mexico, Fascicle 22.1B: 124; pl. A-16, figs. 38-40; pl. 57, fig. 1 (♂ gen.); pl. 72, fig. 2 (♂ sternum 8); pl. 85, fig. 3 (♀ gen.); pl. L-16, figs. 9, 10 (larva). - order

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) (2)

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Steve Nanz on 15 April, 2024 - 5:12am

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