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Species Noctueliopsis aridalis - Hodges#4834

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Pyraloidea (Pyralid and Crambid Snout Moths)
Family Crambidae (Crambid Snout Moths)
Subfamily Odontiinae
Tribe Odontiini
Genus Noctueliopsis
Species aridalis (Noctueliopsis aridalis - Hodges#4834)
Hodges Number
4834
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Noctueliopsis aridalis (Barnes & Benjamin, 1922)
Noctuelia aridalis Barnes & Benjamin 1922
Phylogenetic sequence # 145525
Size
Forewing length 5.5-6.5 mm. (1)
Range
California and Arizona deserts. (1)
Season
Adults fly March and April. (1)
Remarks
Type locality: USA, California, Imperial Co., Dixieland
Print References
Barnes, W. & F. H. Benjamin 1922: [Notes on Automeris; Revision of Grotella; Notes on Cucullianae; Notes on drepana] New genera and species. – Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America, Decatur, Illinois 5 (1): 48.
Munroe, E. G. 1961: Synopsis of the North American Odontiinae, with descriptions of new genera and species (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). – Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, Ottawa 93 (24): 47. (2)
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America, pl. .22.2, p.171. (1)