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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Tent Caterpillar and Lappet Moths (Lasiocampoidea) » Tent Caterpillar and Lappet Moths (Lasiocampidae) » Poecilocampinae » Tolype » Tolype nigricaria - Hodges#7678 (Tolype nigricaria)

Species Tolype nigricaria - Hodges#7678

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · 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 Lasiocampoidea (Tent Caterpillar and Lappet Moths)

Family Lasiocampidae (Tent Caterpillar and Lappet Moths)

Subfamily Poecilocampinae

Genus Tolype

Species nigricaria (Tolype nigricaria - Hodges#7678)

Hodges Number

7678

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Tolype nigricaria Cassino, 1928 (1)

Tolype nicricaria Cassino, 1928 (spelling)

Numbers

Tolype has 11 described species in America north of Mexico. (1), (2)

Several to be described. (2)

Size

Wingspan average 30 mm. (1)

Identification

Distinguished from Tolype glenwoodii by distinct notch in the postmedial line of the forewing.

Range

Arizona, New Mexico. (3), (1), (2)

Also found in Mexico to Sonora.

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Season

Adults are most often reported from June to October. (2)

March record for Arizona. (2)

Food

Larval foodplant is Quercus L. (oak). (1)

See Also

Tolype glenwoodii

Compare to others on the archived photos of living moths and pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.

Print References

Cassino, S.E. 1928. Some new Lasiocampidae. The Lepidopterist 4: 89.

Franclemont, J.G., 1973. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 20.1. Mimallonoidea (Mimallonidae) and Bombycoidea (Apatelodidae, Bombycidae, Lasiocampidae). p. 42, pl. 4.15-18. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Moths of Southeast Arizona

Works Cited

1.	The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 20.1. Mimallonoidea (Mimallonidae) and Bombycoidea..... J. G. Franclemont. 1973. E.W. Classey Ltd. & R.B.D. Publications Inc.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 8 September, 2009 - 3:39pm
Additional contributions by Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 22 September, 2017 - 7:34pm

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