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Tricholita chipeta - Hodges#10631 (Tricholita chipeta)
Species
Tricholita chipeta
- Hodges#10631
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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
Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)
Tribe
Eriopygini
Genus
Tricholita
Species
chipeta
(Tricholita chipeta - Hodges#10631)
Hodges Number
10631
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Tricholita chipeta
Barnes, 1904
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1
)
Phylogenetic sequence #
933199
Numbers
There are ten named species of the genus
Tricholita
in America north of Mexico.
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1
)
Size
Barnes (1904) listed the wingspan.
♂ 32 mm.
♀ 35 mm.
Identification
The original description of
Tricholita chipeta
Barnes, is available in the print references below.
Range
Southern California and Nevada to Texas
(
2
)
and Colorado.
(
3
)
,
(
4
)
,
(
5
)
Season
The adults are most common from July to October.
(
4
)
Food
Powell & Opler (2009) reported the host plant to be
Gutierrezia wrightii
(Asteraceae).
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6
)
See Also
Compare to the related species on the pinned plates of
Moth Photographers Group
.
Print References
Barnes, W. 1904. New species of North American Lepidoptera.
The Canadian Entomologist
, 36:
202
.
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009.
Moths of Western North America
. University of California Press, pl. 56.29, p. 307.
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6
)
Internet References
Pacific Northwest Moths
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7
)
Moth Photographers Group
(
4
)
Moths of Southeastern Arizona
(
8
)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
(
9
)
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.
Moths of Dallas County, Texas
3.
Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
4.
North American Moth Photographers Group
5.
Survey of Utah Moth Species
6.
Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
7.
Pacific Northwest Moths
8.
Moths of Southeast Arizona
9.
BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by
Maury J. Heiman
on 10 August, 2010 - 7:25pm
Last updated 29 August, 2013 - 11:45pm