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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Stiriinae » Stiriini » Eulithosia » Eulithosia plesioglauca - Hodges#9767 (Eulithosia plesioglauca)

Species Eulithosia plesioglauca - Hodges#9767

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Life Cycle · 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 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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