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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Grotellinae » Grotella » Grotella binda - Hodges#11221 (Grotella binda)

Species Grotella binda - Hodges#11221

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

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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 Grotellinae

Genus Grotella

Species binda (Grotella binda - Hodges#11221)

Hodges Number

11221

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Grotella binda Barnes, 1907

Phylogenetic sequence # 931708

Numbers

Grotella includes seventeen species in America, north of Mexico.(1)

Size

Wingspan 20-24 mm.

Range

Southern California to southwest Texas. (2), (3)

Season

Adults are most common in August and September. (2)

See Also

G. blanchardi - reniform mark is absent or vauge while in binda it is prominent. binda is also the larger of the two.

Print References

Barnes, W. 1907. New species of American Lepidoptera. Canadian Entomologist 39(3): 93

McElvare, R.R., 1966. New Heliothid moth from the southwestern United States (Noctuidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 20(2): plate 1. (4)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

Moths of Southeastern Arizona (5)

Nearctica.com (6)

Works Cited

1.	Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

4.	New Heliothid moth from the southwestern United States (Noctuidae). Rowland R. McElvare. 1966. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 20(2): 91-94.

5.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

6.	Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 21 August, 2010 - 3:04pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 3 July, 2013 - 12:04am

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