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Species Cissusa valens - Vigorous Cissusa Moth - Hodges#8596

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Melipotini
Genus Cissusa
Species valens (Vigorous Cissusa Moth - Hodges#8596)
Hodges Number
8596
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cissusa valens (Hy. Edwards, 1881)
Synedoida valens Hy. Edwards, 1881
Ulosyneda valens
Synedoida insperata Grote, 1882 (176)
Synedoida cervina Hy. Edwards, 1882 (129)
* phylogenetic sequence #930867
Explanation of Names
Specific name valens is Latin meaning "vigorous/strong/healthy."
Size
Larva to 40 mm. (1)
Identification
Larva - see Crumb in Print References.
Adult - see Edwards in Print References.
Range
A southwestern species that ranges from Utah east to Colorado, south to western Texas, and west to Arizona. (1), (2)
Type locality: Kanab, Utah.
Food
Larval host is oak. (1)
Print References
Crumb, S.E. 1956. The Larvae of the Phalaenidae. U.S. Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin 1135: 274 (1)
Edwards, Hy. 1881. Descriptions of some new species of Heterocera. Papilio 1(7): 119-120
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life (BOLD)
Works Cited
1.The Larvae of the Phalaenidae [Noctuidae]
Samuel Ebb Crumb. 1956. U.S. Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin 1135: 1-356.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by A.W. Thomas on 24 October, 2005 - 9:34am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Maury Heiman, Ted Kropiewnicki, Randy Hardy, Steve Morris
Last updated 7 April, 2023 - 9:16pm

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