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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Noctuini » Agrotina » Dichagyris » Dichagyris proclivis - Hodges#10871 (Dichagyris proclivis)

Species Dichagyris proclivis - Hodges#10871

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Dichagyris proclivis? - Dichagyris proclivis

Dichagyris proclivis (2) - Dichagyris proclivis

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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 Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)

Tribe Noctuini

Subtribe Agrotina

Genus Dichagyris

Species proclivis (Dichagyris proclivis - Hodges#10871)

Hodges Number

10871

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Dichagyris proclivis (Smith, 1888) (1)

Agrotis proclivis Smith, 1888

Loxagrotis proclivis (Smith, 1888)

Phylogenetic sequence # 933234

Numbers

There are 26 named species of the genus Agrotis in America north of Mexico. (1)

Size

Wingspan 38-40 mm. (Smith), (2)

Identification

Smith (1887) original description as Agrotis proclivis is available in the print references.

Specimen identified by DNA analysis (BOLD). (3)

Range

Arizona to Texas(4).

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Season

Main flight is from June to October. (2)

See Also

Compare to related species on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.

Print References

Smith, J.B. 1887. New genera and species of North American Noctuidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 10: 453.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Works Cited

1.	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 .

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

4.	Moths of Dallas County, Texas

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 16 March, 2011 - 6:09pm
Last updated 7 December, 2013 - 9:19pm

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