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Species Zanclognatha atrilineella - Hodges#8346

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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 Herminiinae (Litter Moths)
Genus Zanclognatha
Species atrilineella (Zanclognatha atrilineella - Hodges#8346)

Hodges Number

8346

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Zanclognatha atrilineella (Grote(1), 1873)
Polypogon atrilineella (Grote, 1873)
Cleptomita atrilineella Grote, 1873
Phylogenetic sequence # 930493 (2)

Explanation of Names

Author: Grote, 1873

Range

Heppner (2003) reported the range to include New Jersey(?) to Florida; Missouri to Texas. (3)
Holotype from Texas.

Season

Heppner (2003) reported April to May; October in Florida. (3)
The main flight period in other areas of the range is April to October. (4)

Food

Heppner (2003) reported the larvae feed on leaf litter. (3)

Print References

Grote, A.R., 1873. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 4: 301.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Works Cited

1.Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)
2.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 .
3.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 23 August, 2009 - 2:32pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 5 December, 2014 - 6:47pm

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