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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Notodontinae » Notodonta » Notodonta torva - Hodges#7928 (Notodonta torva)

Species Notodonta torva - Hodges#7928

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Habitat · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
7928 Plain Prominent - Notodonta torva unknown moth - Notodonta torva Notodonta torva– Northern Finned Prominent Hodges #7928 - Notodonta torva Unidentified moth-30-Bayfield - Notodonta torva Notodonta torva - Notodonta torva Notodonta torva – Northern Finned Prominent Moth - Notodonta torva - male Moth for ID - Notodonta torva Bistonini ? - Notodonta torva
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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 Notodontidae (Prominent Moths)
Subfamily Notodontinae
Genus Notodonta
Species torva (Notodonta torva - Hodges#7928)
Hodges Number
7928
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Notodonta torva (Hübner, 1803)
Previously Notodonta simplaria
* phylogenetic sequence #930017
Size
4.0-5.0 cm. wingspan
Range
Nova Scotia west to central British Columbia, south to New York
Habitat
Deciduous and mixedwood forest
Print References
Lafontaine J. D., and B. C. Schmidt 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America North of Mexico. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - range map, photos of living and pinned adults.
BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems - collection map and photos of pinned adults.
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 .
Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 20 October, 2009 - 6:13pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, Maury Heiman, ceiseman
Last updated 31 August, 2012 - 2:42pm

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