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Species Nastra julia - Julia's Skipper - Hodges#3994

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)

Family Hesperiidae (Skippers)

Subfamily Hesperiinae (Grass Skippers)

Tribe Moncini

Genus Nastra

Species julia (Julia's Skipper - Hodges#3994)

Hodges Number

3994

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Nastra julia (Freeman)

Orig. Comb: Lerodea julia H. Freeman, 1945

Explanation of Names

Patronym for one of Hugh Avery Freeman's daughters

Range

w., c. and s. TX, also rarely: s. CA (1) and s. AZ (2) / Mex. to Costa Rica - Map (MPG, BOA)

Remarks

Type Locality: "Pharr, Texas" [Hidalgo County]

Print References

Freeman, H.A. 1945. A New Species of Lerodea from Texas (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Entomological News 56(8): 203-205, figure 1.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG

Butterflies of America - BOA

Contributed by Will Cook on 11 August, 2005 - 11:06pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 20 March, 2018 - 9:36am

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