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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Euteliidae » Euteliinae » Eutelia » Eutelia furcata - Hodges#8968.2 (Eutelia furcata)

Species Eutelia furcata - Hodges#8968.2

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

Eutelia furcata? - Eutelia furcata - male

Eutelia furcata - Hodges#8968.2 - Eutelia furcata - female

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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 Euteliidae

Subfamily Euteliinae

Genus Eutelia

Species furcata (Eutelia furcata - Hodges#8968.2)

Hodges Number

8968.2

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Eutelia furcata (Walker, 1865)

Penicillaria furcata Walker, 1865

syn.

Penicillaria nattereri Druce

Eutelia distracta (Walker, 1865) (1)

Eutelia piratica, (Schaus, 1940)

Size

Wingspan about 30 mm. (2)

Identification

Range

Heppner (2003) reported the range to include Florida; Texas; Mexico. (3)

Moth Photographers group includes Arizona. (4), (2)

Season

The main flight period appears to be April through September. (2)

Heppner (2003) report April and May in Florida. (3)

Food

Heppner (2003) reported the host as unknown. (3)

See Also

Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.

Print References

Walker, F. 1865. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. 3: 815.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (5)

Moths of Southeastern Arizona (4)

Works Cited

1.	Noctuidae; Lepidopterorum Catalogus (Lepidopterorum Catalogues New Series Fasc 118) Part 1 & 2) Poole, R. W. 1989. CRC Press .

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.

4.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 2 August, 2010 - 1:03am
Additional contributions by Blocky
Last updated 31 January, 2022 - 5:31pm

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