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Species Maliattha concinnimacula - Red-spotted Maliattha - Hodges#9050

Representative Images

Red-spotted Lithacodia - Maliattha concinnimacula Red-spotted Lithocodia - Maliattha concinnimacula Red-spotted Lithacodia Moth - Hodges#9050 - Maliattha concinnimacula Maliattha concinnimacula Red-spotted Glyph - Maliattha concinnimacula moth - Maliattha concinnimacula Lepidoptera likely Crambid? - Maliattha concinnimacula unknown moth, maybe an arch - Maliattha concinnimacula
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both

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 Eustrotiinae
Genus Maliattha
Species concinnimacula (Red-spotted Maliattha - Hodges#9050)

Hodges Number

9050

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Maliattha concinnimacula (Guenée, 1852)
Lithacodia concinnimacula Guenée, 1852
Lithacodia parvimacula Grote, 1880 (Texas)
Phylogenetic sequence # 931296

Range

Nova Scotia to Wisconsin and Texas.
Moth Photographers Group map(1)

Season

Adults are most common from April through August. (1)
February to October in Texas. (1)

Remarks

The form found in Texas was once considered Lithacodia parvimacula Grote

Print References

Hampson, G.F. 1910. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. p. 512.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (1)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)
Dalton State (James Adams)
Virginia Dept of Game List of Native Fauna (PDF)
Lynn Scotts Lepidoptera Images

Works Cited

1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 26 October, 2009 - 6:33pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 5 November, 2016 - 8:03pm

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