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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Erebinae » Omopterini » Matigramma » Matigramma inopinata - Hodges#8680.1  (Matigramma inopinata)

Species Matigramma inopinata - Hodges#8680.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
8680.1 – Matigramma inopinata - Matigramma inopinata Matigramma inopinata - Hodges#8680.1 - Matigramma inopinata Matigramma inopinata - Hodges#8680.1 - Matigramma inopinata - female
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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 Erebinae
Tribe Omopterini
Genus Matigramma
Species inopinata (Matigramma inopinata - Hodges#8680.1 )
Hodges Number
8680.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Matigramma inopinata Franclemont, 1986
Phylogenetic sequence #931010
Size
forewing length 16-19 mm(1)
Identification
Genitalia:
Range
Known from Texas and southeastern Arizona (1) and Oklahoma (from BugGuide record)
See Also
Like M. repentina but grayer in tint; in the area of their sympatry they are only safely separated by an examination of the genitalia (or DNA). (1)
Print References
Franclemont, J. G. 1986. New species and new genera of noctuids from Arizona, Texas, and Mexico: the genera Matigramma and Acritogramma (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Catocalinae). Journal Kansas Entomological Society 59(1): 153 (PDF download)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - species page
Works Cited
1.New species and new genera of noctuids from Arizona, Texas, and Mexico: the genera Matigramma and Acritogramma
John G. Franclemont. 1986. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 59(1): 143-172.
Contributed by tom murray on 26 September, 2009 - 10:15pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 24 November, 2023 - 9:00am

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