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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Condicinae » Condicini » Ogdoconta » Ogdoconta tacna - Hodges#9724 (Ogdoconta tacna)

Species Ogdoconta tacna - Hodges#9724

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

Ogdoconta tacna (Ogdoconta tacna - Hodges#9724) - Ogdoconta tacna

Ogdoconta tacna - Hodges #9724 - Ogdoconta tacna

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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 Condicinae

Tribe Condicini

Genus Ogdoconta

Species tacna (Ogdoconta tacna - Hodges#9724)

Hodges Number

9724

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ogdoconta tacna (Barnes, 1904) (1)

Caradrina tacna Barnes, 1904 (2)

Phylogenetic sequence # 932022 (3)

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 6 species of the genus Ogdoconta in America north of Mexico. (1)

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2013) added 2 species. (4)

Size

Barnes (1904) reported the wingspan as 26-27 mm.(2)

Identification

The original description as Caradrina tacna (Barnes) is available in the print references below.(2)

Range

Central and South Texas (MPG, BG, iNaturalist). Poole(5) includes "southeastern" Texas, but there seem to be no records in that corner of the state. The species is listed on the Florida checklist.(6)

Habitat

Edwards Plateau to Tamaulipan thornscrub region.(5)

Season

Adults fly April to early June and September to October.(5)(7)

Food

The larval host is unknown.(5)

See Also

Ogdoconta cinereola

Ogdoconta rufipenna which occurs in Arizona.

Print References

Barnes, W., 1904. New species of North American Lepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist, 36: 167. (2)

Metzler, E.H., Knudson, E.C., Poole, R.W., Lafontaine, J.D., & M.G. Pogue, 2013. A review of the genus Ogdoconta Butler (Lepidoptera Noctuidae, Condicinae, Condicini) from North America north of Mexico with description of three new species. ZooKeys 264. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (7)

Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com) (5)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (8)

Works Cited

1.	A review of the genus Ogdoconta Butler (Lepidoptera Noctuidae, Condicinae, Condicini) from North America north ... Eric H. Metzler, Edward C. Knudson, Robert W. Poole, J. Donald Lafontaine, Michael G. Pogue. 2013. ZooKeys 264: 165–191.

2.	New species of North American Lepidoptera William Barnes. 1904. The Canadian Entomologist, 36(8): 237-244 .

3.	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 .

4.	Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. J. Donald Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt . 2013. ZooKeys 264: 227-236.

5.	Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)

6.	Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida

7.	North American Moth Photographers Group

8.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 30 April, 2010 - 8:44am
Additional contributions by Chuck Sexton
Last updated 21 May, 2019 - 4:08am

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