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Species Eulithosia plesioglauca - Hodges#9767

Eulithosia plesioglauca? - Eulithosia plesioglauca

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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 Stiriinae

Tribe Stiriini

Genus Eulithosia

Species plesioglauca (Eulithosia plesioglauca - Hodges#9767)

Hodges Number

9767

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Eulithosia plesioglauca (Dyar, 1912)

Antaplaga plesioglauca Dyar, 1912 (1)

Synonym

Chamoclea comstocki Hill, 1924

Phylogenetic sequence # 931685 (2)

Numbers

Size

Forewing length 12-13 mm.(3)

Identification

Forewing has violet sheen with thin dark lines that run from the base towards the outer margin.

Range

Southeastern Arizona to southern Mexico.(3)

Season

Adults fly August through September.

Life Cycle

Unreported.

Print References

Dyar, H.G. 1912. Descriptions of new species and genera of Lepidoptera, chiefly from Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 42: 68. (1)

Hill, C.A. 1924. Pacific Coast Lepidoptera no. 1. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 23: 184; pl. 3, fig. 6.

Poole, R.W. 1995. The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 26.1. Noctuoidea, Noctuidae: Cuculliinae, Stiriinae, Psaphidinae. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 132; pl. 4, fig. 24. (4)

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. p. 289; pl. 52, fig. 11. (3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (5)

Moths of Southeastern Arizona (6)

Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com) (7)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (8)

Works Cited

1.	Descriptions of new species and genera of Lepidoptera, chiefly from Mexico Harrison G. Dyar. 1912. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 42: 100-106.

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 Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

4.	The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 26.1. Noctuoidea, Noctuidae: Cuculliinae, Stiriinae, Psaphidinae. Robert W. Poole. 1995. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

6.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

7.	Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)

8.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 28 August, 2010 - 7:06pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 6 December, 2014 - 6:36pm

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