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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 » Plagiomimicus » Plagiomimicus aureolum - Hodges#9741 (Plagiomimicus aureolum)

Species Plagiomimicus aureolum - Hodges#9741

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · 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 Plagiomimicus

Species aureolum (Plagiomimicus aureolum - Hodges#9741)

Hodges Number

9741

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Plagiomimicus aureolum (Hy. Edwards, 1882)

Stibadium aureolum Hy Edwards, 1882

Phylogenetic sequence # 931649

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet mean "golden." (1)

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) included 18 species of the genus Plagiomimicus in America north of Mexico. (2)

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2011) added one new species. (3)

Size

The wingspan is 25-27 mm.

Range

Western Texas to Arizona.

Print References

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. 90; pl. 3.25. (4)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (5)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)

Works Cited

1.	An accentuated list of the British Lepidoptera, with hints on the derivation of the names. Anonymous. 1858. The Entomological Societies of Oxford and Cambridge.

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.	Additions and corrections to the checklist of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico J. Donald Lafontaine & B. Christian Schmidt. 2011. Zookeys, 149.1805.

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.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 18 September, 2010 - 12:37am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 11 November, 2017 - 2:22pm

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