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Species Sympistis sectiloides - Hodges#10150

Sympistis sectiloides? - Sympistis sectiloides

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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 Oncocnemidinae

Genus Sympistis

Species sectiloides (Sympistis sectiloides - Hodges#10150)

Hodges Number

10150

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Sympistis sectiloides (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)

Leucocnemis sectiloides Barnes & McDunnough, 1913

Oncocnemis sectiloides (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913) (1)

Phylogenetic sequence # 931956

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 176 species of the genus Sympistis in America north of Mexico. (2)

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2013) reinstated one species. (3)

Size

Wingspan about 23-27 mm.

Identification

Holotype: USA: Texas, Brownsville. (1)

Range

Texas; Utah(?)

Print References

Barnes & McDunnough, 1913. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America. 2: 28, pl. 13, f. 15, 17. (4)

Lafontaine J.D. & B.C. Schmidt 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys 40: 59-64. (2)

Lafontaine, J.D. & BC. Schmidt 2013. Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys 264: 230, 234. (3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (5)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)(6)

Works Cited

1.	Noctuidae; Lepidopterorum Catalogus (Lepidopterorum Catalogues New Series Fasc 118) Part 1 & 2) Poole, R. W. 1989. CRC Press .

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 check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. J. Donald Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt . 2013. ZooKeys 264: 227-236.

4.	Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America (Vols. 1-4) William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough. 1911. Decatur ILL., The Review Press.

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

6.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 23 February, 2011 - 6:16pm
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 1 September, 2023 - 8:58pm

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