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Species Obrima rinconada - Hodges#8565

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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 Eulepidotinae
Genus Obrima
Species rinconada (Obrima rinconada - Hodges#8565)
Hodges Number
8565
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Obrima rinconada – Schaus, 1894
Obrima pimaensis - Barnes & Benjamin, 1925
* phylogenetic sequence # 931073
Numbers
Two Obrima species are found in North America north of Mexico.(1)
Size
wingspan 38-43 mm.
Identification
Photo by Charles Melton of a specimen identified by DNA
Range
southern California to Texas.
Print References
Lafontaine JD, Schmidt BC (2010) Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America North of Mexico. p. 39.(1)
Transactions of the American Entomological Society, (1894) Vol. 21: p. 240. read original description online at www.archive.org
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - photograph of pinned adult and related species for comparison.
Moths of Dallas County, Texas - listed on checklist for northern Texas.
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 .