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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Bagisarinae » Bagisara » Bagisara praecelsa - Hodges#9175.1 (Bagisara praecelsa)

Species Bagisara praecelsa - Hodges#9175.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Bagisara praecelsa - Hodges #9175.1 - Bagisara praecelsa

9175.1 – Bagisara praecelsa - Bagisara praecelsa

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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 Bagisarinae

Genus Bagisara

Species praecelsa (Bagisara praecelsa - Hodges#9175.1)

Hodges Number

9175.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Bagisara praecelsa Ferguson, 1997 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence # 931248

Numbers

There are twelve named species of Bagisara in America north of Mexico. (2)

Size

Forewing length 14-17 mm. (1)

Identification

Distinctive FW pattern; long, shaggy vestiture on the femora and tibiae. (1)

Range

Known from the mountains of western Texas to San Antonio and south to northeastern Mexico. (1)

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Season

Adults fly June though September in the higher elevations of western Texas and April through June in central and south Texas. (1)

Food

Larval host is unknown. (1)

See Also

Bagisara gulnare which can be distinguished by study of the FW pattern and range. (Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and Iowa)

Print References

Ferguson, D.C., 1997. Review of the New World Bagisarinae with description of two new species from the southern United States (Noctuidae) Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 51 (4): 344-357.(1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	Review of the new world Bagisarinae with description of two new species from the southern United States (Noctuidae) Douglas C. Ferguson. 1997. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 51: 344-357.

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 .

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 19 April, 2010 - 6:36pm
Last updated 26 March, 2013 - 11:16pm

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