Species Dargida tetera - Hodges#10433

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Food · 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 Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)

Tribe Hadenini

Genus Dargida

Species tetera (Dargida tetera - Hodges#10433)

Hodges Number

10433

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Dargida tetera (Smith, 1902)

Faronta tetera

Phlogenetic sequence # 932930 (1)

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed eight species of the genus Dargida in America north of Mexico. (1)

Size

Wingspan is 30-36 mm.

Range

Arizona and New Mexico

Food

Larvae have been found on Dactylis glomerata (orchardgrass) * USDA plant profile

also on Digitaria sp.; Godfrey, 1972

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group.

Moths of Southeastern Arizona

Works Cited

1.	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 .

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 3 September, 2010 - 12:09am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 7 January, 2014 - 12:16am

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