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Species Macristis bilinealis - Hodges#8402

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 Erebidae
Subfamily Herminiinae (Litter Moths)
Genus Macristis
Species bilinealis (Macristis bilinealis - Hodges#8402)
Hodges Number
8402
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Macristis bilinealis (Barnes & McDunnough, 1912)
Dercetis bilinealis Barnes & McDunnough, 1912 (1)
Phylogenetic sequence # 930556
Numbers
Three Macristis species occur in America north of Mexico.(2)
Range
Eastern and southern Texas; southern California(3) to Baja, California.
Type locality: USA: California, San Diego. (1)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
April and September records. (4), (5)
See Also
Macristis geminipunctalis, a Florida species.

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Macristis schausi which is also found in South Texas.
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Compare to others on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Barnes, W. & F.H. Benjamin, 1924. Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America, 5(3): 176.
Barnes, W. & J.H. McDunnough, 1912. Fifty new species; notes on the genus Alpheias. Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America, 1(5): 30.
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