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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Stiriinae » Stiriini » Chrysoecia » Chrysoecia scira - Hodges#9761 (Chrysoecia scira)

Species Chrysoecia scira - Hodges#9761

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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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 Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Subfamily Stiriinae

Tribe Stiriini

Genus Chrysoecia

Species scira (Chrysoecia scira - Hodges#9761)

Hodges Number

9761

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Chrysoecia scira (Druce, 1889)

Anthoecia scira Druce, 1889

Chamoclea benjamini Hill, 1924

Phylogenetic sequence # 931672

Size

Forewing length 14-16 mm. (1)

Range

Southern Arizona, Pima, Santa Cruz, and western Cochise Counties and northern Mexico. (1), (2)

Season

Adults fly July to August. (1)

Print References

Druce, H., 1889. Biologia Centrali-Americana, Lepidoptera-Heterocera 1: 301

Poole, R.W., 1995. The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 26.1. Noctuoidea, Noctuidae: Cuculliinae, Stiriinae, Psaphidinae. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p.115; pl.4, fig. 6 (3)

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. pl. 52, fig. 8; p. 288 (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com) (2)

Works Cited

1.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

2.	Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)

3.	The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 26.1. Noctuoidea, Noctuidae: Cuculliinae, Stiriinae, Psaphidinae. Robert W. Poole. 1995. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 19 August, 2009 - 4:25pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 27 September, 2014 - 6:41pm

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