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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Boletobiinae » Boletobiini » Prosoparia » Prosoparia perfuscaria - Hodges#8419 (Prosoparia perfuscaria)

Species Prosoparia perfuscaria - Hodges#8419

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Season · 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 Erebidae
Subfamily Boletobiinae
Tribe Boletobiini
Genus Prosoparia
Species perfuscaria (Prosoparia perfuscaria - Hodges#8419)
Hodges Number
8419
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Prosoparia perfuscaria Grote, 1883
Friesia anormalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1912
* phylogentic sequence #930690
Explanation of Names
Perfuscaria from Latin perhaps meaning "dusky-brown throughout."
Size
Forewing length 10-12 mm. (1)
Range
Southeastern Arizona and western and central Texas. Not found in New Mexico. (1)
Season
Adults fly from early May to mid-July and again between mid-August and mid-October. (1)
Print References
Grote, A.R. 1883. New species with notes on the structure of moths and genera. The Canadian Entomologist 15(7): 130
LaFontaine, J.D. & T.S. Dickel 2009. The genus Prosoparia in North America, with description of a new species from Florida (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Boletobiinae). Lepidoptera Novae 2(3): 179-183 (PDF) (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - species page
Works Cited
1.The genus Prosoparia in North America, with description of new species from Florida.
J. Donald LaFontaine & Terhune S. Dickel. 2009. Lepidoptera Novae 2(3): 179-183.
Contributed by Chris Grinter on 16 March, 2011 - 2:02pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 3 May, 2013 - 3:05pm

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