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Tripudia rectangula - Hodges#9003.1 (Tripudia rectangula)
Species
Tripudia rectangula
- Hodges#9003.1
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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
Cobubathinae
Genus
Tripudia
Species
rectangula
(Tripudia rectangula - Hodges#9003.1)
Hodges Number
9003.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Tripudia rectangula
Pogue, 2009
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1
)
Phylogenetic sequence #
931261
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2
)
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed fifteen species of the genus
Tripudia
in America north of Mexico.
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2
)
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2013) added one species.
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3
)
Range
Pogue (2009) has
Tripudia quadrifera
confined to Texas and
T. rectangula
occupying the remainder of the North American range.
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1
)
Food
The larval host plant is
Ruellia
sp. (wild petunia).
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1
)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
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4
)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
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5
)
Works Cited
1.
A review of the Tripudia quadrifera (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) species complex.
Michael G. Pogue. 2009. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 111: 68-97.
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 .
3.
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.
4.
North American Moth Photographers Group
5.
BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by
Bob Patterson
on 30 May, 2010 - 7:23pm
Additional contributions by
Maury Heiman
,
Randy Hardy
Last updated 17 December, 2013 - 9:22am