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Species Tarache bilimeki - Hodges#9157

Noctuid - Tarache bilimeki Moth - Tarache bilimeki Moth - Tarache bilimeki
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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 Acontiinae (Bird Dropping Moths)
Tribe Acontiini
Genus Tarache
Species bilimeki (Tarache bilimeki - Hodges#9157)
Hodges Number
9157
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Tarache bilimeki Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
Acontia bilimeki Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
Acontia disconnecta Smith, 1903 (1)
Tarache bilimeci Hampson, 1910
Phylogenetic sequence # 931370 (2)
Size
Wingspan 23 mm.
Identification
Specimen identified by DNA analysis (BOLD). (3)
Range
Southern California to western Texas and Mexico. (4), (5), (6)
Season
Adults are most common from April to October.
Food
Larval host unknown.
See Also
Tarache axendra
Tarache huachuca
Compare on the plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874. Reise Oesterreischischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde, Zoology, 2(2): pl. 108, fig. 29.
Hampson, G.F. 1910. Catalogue of the Noctuidae in the collection of the British Museum, 10: 733.
Smith, J.B. 1903, New Noctuids for 1903, No. 4, with notes on certain described species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 29(3): 212. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (7)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Noctuidae of North America - nearctica.com (4)
Moths of Southeastern Arizona (5)
Works Cited
1.New noctuids for 1903, No. 4, with notes on certain described species
John B. Smith. 1903. Transactions of The American Entomological Society 29(3): 191-224.
2.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 .
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
4.Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)
5.Moths of Southeast Arizona
6.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
7.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 14 October, 2009 - 5:29pm
Additional contributions by Chris Grinter
Last updated 14 April, 2014 - 7:29pm

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