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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Bird Dropping Moths (Acontiinae) » Acontiini » Tarache » Tarache huachuca - Hodges#9113 (Tarache huachuca)

Species Tarache huachuca - Hodges#9113

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

possible Tarache huachuca - Tarache huachuca - male

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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 Acontiinae (Bird Dropping Moths)

Tribe Acontiini

Genus Tarache

Species huachuca (Tarache huachuca - Hodges#9113)

Hodges Number

9113

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Tarache huachuca (Smith, 1903)

Conacontia huachuca Smith, 1903

Conacontia orba Smith, 1903

Explanation of Names

Author: Smith, 1903; specific name from Huachuca Mountains in Arizona.

Therasea orba Smith, 1903 was apparently first treated as a synonym of T. huachuca by R. W. Poole at Nearctica.com and the synonomy was formalized in Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010).

Size

Wingspan 21-25mm (based on specimens at Moth Photographers Group)

Identification

See Nearctica.com

See Also

Narrow-winged Midget (Therasea augustipennis) forewing may also have four white patches along costa, but the first patch extends almost half-way along costa, the remaining patches are much smaller than the first, and the reniform and orbicular spots are usually not surrounded by white (compare images of both species by Jim Vargo in MPG link below)

Print References

Lafontaine & Schmidt, 2010: 134. (1)

Poole, R.W. Noctuidae of North America. Nomina Insecta Nearctica. Nearctica.com.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Nearctica.com

pinned adult images plus photos of related species by Jim Vargo (Moth Photographers Group)

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.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Abigail Parker on 13 July, 2010 - 9:14pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 4 July, 2017 - 7:49am

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