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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Stiriinae » Stiriini » Cirrhophanus » Cirrhophanus pretiosa - Hodges#9766.1 (Cirrhophanus pretiosa)

Species Cirrhophanus pretiosa - Hodges#9766.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Season · Food · See Also · 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 Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Stiriinae
Tribe Stiriini
Genus Cirrhophanus
Species pretiosa (Cirrhophanus pretiosa - Hodges#9766.1)
Hodges Number
9766.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cirrhophanus pretiosa (Morrison)
Orig. Comb: Chariclea pretiosa Morrison 1875
Elevated from synonymy of Cirrhophanus triangulifer Grote
Phylogenetic sequence # 931682
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed three species of the genus Cirrhophanus in America north of Mexico. (1)
Size
The forewing length is 13-15 mm. (smaller than Cirrhophanus triangulifer). (2)
Range
South Dakota to Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. (2)
Season
The main flight period is April to July. (3)
The adults fly earlier in the season than Cirrhophanus triangulifer (per James Adams)
Food
Poole states the larval host plant is unknown. (2)
See Also
Cirrhophanus triangulifer
Print References
Poole, R.W., 1995. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 26.1. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 129; pl. 4.18. (4)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - MPG (3)
Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com) (2)
Works Cited
1.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 .
2.Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 26.1. Noctuoidea, Noctuidae: Cuculliinae, Stiriinae, Psaphidinae.
Robert W. Poole. 1995. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
Contributed by Ken Wolgemuth on 20 June, 2010 - 3:41pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 17 February, 2014 - 12:38pm

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