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Species Apocrisias thaumasta - Hodges#8219

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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 Erebidae

Subfamily Arctiinae (Tiger and Lichen Moths)

Tribe Arctiini (Tiger Moths)

Subtribe Phaegopterina

Genus Apocrisias

Species thaumasta (Apocrisias thaumasta - Hodges#8219)

Hodges Number

8219

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Apocrisias thaumasta Franclemont, 1966 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence # 930379

Explanation of Names

Numbers

The only named species of Apocrisias in America north of Mexico. (2)

Size

Wingspan 49-56 mm. (1)

Identification

Apocrisias thaumasta Franclemont, original description is available in PDF and online in the print references below. (1)

Franclemont also describes the larva. (1)

Range

Southern Arizona. (3),

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Season

Most records of adults are from July to August. (4)

Print References

Franclemont, J.G. 1966. Two new species of Arctiidae from southern Arizona (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Arctiinae). Proceedings of The Entomological Society of Washington 68: 255. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Moths of Southeastern Arizona

Butterflies and Moths of North America

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	Two new species of Arctiidae from southern Arizona (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae, Arctiinae) John G. Franclemont. 1966. Proceedings of The Entomological Society of Washington 68: 250-257 .

2.	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 .

3.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 28 August, 2010 - 9:23am
Last updated 26 April, 2013 - 7:52pm

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