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Species Prothrinax luteomedia - Hodges#9829

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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 Amphipyrinae
Tribe Psaphidini
Subtribe Nocloina
Genus Prothrinax
Species luteomedia (Prothrinax luteomedia - Hodges#9829)
Hodges Number
9829
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Prothrinax luteomedia (Smith, 1907)
Aleptina luteomedia Smith, 1907
Phylogenetic sequence # 931603
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed Prothrinax luteomedia as the only member of the genus in America north of Mexico. (1)
Size
Smith (1907) reported the wingspan as 21-27 mm.
Identification
Range
Southern California and Nevada to western Texas.
Print References
Hampson, G.F., 1909. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum, 8(3842): 225, fig. 50.
Smith, J.B., 1907. New species of Noctuidae for 1907, no.1. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 33: 136.