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Species Condica temecula - Hodges#9691

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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 Condicinae

Tribe Condicini

Genus Condica

Species temecula (Condica temecula - Hodges#9691)

Hodges Number

9691

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Condica temecula (Barnes, 1905)

original combination Platysenta temecula Barnes, 1905; Can. Ent. 37(5): 194

* phylogenetic sequence #931990

Numbers

Twenty-seven Condica species are found in America north of Mexico.(1)

Size

Wingspan about 28 mm.

Identification

Forewing is uniform dark red-brown and appears somewhat glossy compared to Condica discistriga.

Range

Western Texas, southern New Mexico and southern Arizona. Also ranges into Mexico to Mexico City.

Type location: Huachuca Mountains. *(Moths of Southeastern Arizona)

Season

Adults fly from May through August.

Food

Larval host unknown.

Life Cycle

Unknown

Print References

Lafontaine JD, Schmidt BC (2010) Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America North of Mexico, p. 65.(1)

Poole, R. W., Noctuidae; Lepidopterorum Catalogus (Lepidopterorum Catalogues New Series Fasc 118) 1989; p. 267.(2)

Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico (3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - range map, photos of living and pinned adults.

BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems - species account with collection map and photos of pinned adults.

nearctica.com - species page with description and range map.

Moth Photographers Group - photo of a pinned Condica temecula and the related species.

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 .

2.	Noctuidae; Lepidopterorum Catalogus (Lepidopterorum Catalogues New Series Fasc 118) Part 1 & 2) Poole, R. W. 1989. CRC Press .

3.	Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico. Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 11 September, 2009 - 8:45am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Steve Morris
Last updated 12 June, 2022 - 9:56pm

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