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Species Heterocampa astartoides - Hodges#7978

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Heterocampa astartoides Prominent - Heterocampa astartoides cat - Heterocampa astartoides Heterocampa? - Heterocampa astartoides Heterocampa? - Heterocampa astartoides Texas SE Gulf Coast - Heterocampa astartoides Heterocampa astartoides Moth - Heterocampa astartoides
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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 Heterocampa
Species astartoides (Heterocampa astartoides - Hodges#7978)

Hodges Number

7978

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Heterocampa astartoides Benjamin, 1932
Phylogenetic sequence # 930070(1)

Numbers

Identification

Adult determined by Ed Knudson, Texas Lepidoptera Survey


Range

North, Central, and Southeast Texas. (2)
A common species in the Texas Hill Country (3), (4), (5)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group(6)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (2)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (7)

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.Butterflies of North America
3.Illustrated Checklist of Lepidoptera from the Texas Hill Country and Adjacent Areas, Pub. 8
Ed Knudson & Charles Bordelon. 2001. Texas Lepidoptera Survey, Houston. 37 pp., 10 color plates.
4.Moths of Dallas County, Texas
5.Moths of Brackenridge Field Laboratory University of Texas at Austin
6.North American Moth Photographers Group
7.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 15 January, 2009 - 3:00pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 8 April, 2014 - 7:22pm

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