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Species Cobubatha megaplaga - Hodges#9019.2

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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 Cobubathinae
Genus Cobubatha
Species megaplaga (Cobubatha megaplaga - Hodges#9019.2)
Hodges Number
9019.2
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cobubatha megaplaga (Dyar, 1912) (1)
Eustrotia megaplaga Dyar, 1912
Phylogenetic sequence # 931280
Numbers
There are more than 9 Cobubatha species are found in America north of Mexico. (1)
Several awaiting description.
Size
Wingspan 23 mm. (Dyar)
Identification
The original description as Eustrotia megaplaga, Dyar, is available online using the link in the print preferences below.
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Hindwing is a powdery gray-brown with darker veins. Fringe and and terminal line are darker. (Dyar)
Range
Central Texas to Mexico. (2)
Season
Records of adults are mostly from June through September. (2)
Bug Guide data
Food
Unknown.
See Also
Tripudia quadrifera

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Compare to others on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Dyar, H.G. 1912. Description of new species and genera of Lepidoptera, chiefly from Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 42(1885): 75.
Internet References
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
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 17 August, 2010 - 12:30am
Last updated 29 March, 2013 - 11:55am

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