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Species Carales arizonensis - Hodges#8226

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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 Erebidae
Subfamily Arctiinae (Tiger and Lichen Moths)
Tribe Arctiini (Tiger Moths)
Subtribe Phaegopterina
Genus Carales
Species arizonensis (Carales arizonensis - Hodges#8226)
Hodges Number
8226
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Carales arizonensis (Rothschild, 1909)
Opharus astur arizonensis Rothschild, 1909
Opharus fumata Barnes & McDunnough, 1910
* phylogenetic sequence #930386
Size
Forewing length about 25 mm (Rothschild, 1909).
Range
Type locality: Huachuca Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona.
Food
Larval host is big-tooth maple (Acer grandidentatum, Nutt.). (1)
Print References
Rothschild, W. 1909. Description of some South American Arctiadae, with some notes. Novitates Zoologicae 16(2): 277