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Species Metalectra edilis - Hodges#8507

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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 Boletobiinae
Tribe Boletobiini
Genus Metalectra
Species edilis (Metalectra edilis - Hodges#8507)
Hodges Number
8507
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
First described in 1906 or 1907 by John B Smith as Homopyralis edilis
Range
In our area, apparently only southern Arizona (though the location for the type specimens was listed as "Yavapai County, Arizona", which would be in the center of the state).
Internet References
Canadian Entomologist v.38,p.237    Smith's original description of the species