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Species Zale fictilis - Hodges#8687

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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 Erebidae

Subfamily Erebinae

Tribe Omopterini

Genus Zale

Species fictilis (Zale fictilis - Hodges#8687)

Hodges Number

8687

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Zale fictilis (Guenée, 1852)

original combination Homoptera fictilis Guenée, 1852

synonym Homoptera guadulpennis Guenée, 1852

synonym Homoptera terrosa Guenée, 1852

synonym Homoptera gradata Walker, 1858

synonym Homoptera posterior Walker, 1858

Phaeocyma fictilis (Smith's 1908 redescription)

* phylogenetic sequence #931021

Size

wingspan 45-53 mm (Smith, 1908)

Range

At least Texas and Florida (Smith, 1908)

Print References

Smith, John B. (1908) A REVISION OF SOME SPECIES OF NOCTUIDAE HERETOFORE REFERRED TO THE GENUS HOMOPTERA BOISDUVAL p.248 (PDF download)

Internet References

MPG

Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 29 October, 2010 - 5:03pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Steve Morris
Last updated 9 January, 2023 - 9:04am

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