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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Tiger and Lichen Moths (Arctiinae) » Lichen Moths (Lithosiini) » Lithosiina » Agylla » Agylla septentrionalis - Hodges#8054 (Agylla septentrionalis)

Species Agylla septentrionalis - Hodges#8054

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · See Also · 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 Arctiinae (Tiger and Lichen Moths)

Tribe Lithosiini (Lichen Moths)

Subtribe Lithosiina

Genus Agylla

Species septentrionalis (Agylla septentrionalis - Hodges#8054)

Hodges Number

8054

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Agylla septentrionalis Barnes & McDunnough, 1911 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence # 930228

Numbers

The only named species of Agylla in America north of Mexico. (1)

Size

Wingspan about 38 mm.

Identification

Antennae and head bright orange, thorax white, abdomen gray dorsally and ventrally orange.

Legs orange, tarsi and half of tibia on first two pairs are gray.

Forewings are slivery white dorsally with the costal edge blackish at base. Underside of forewing is smokey with orange tinge in central section of costa.

[adapted from original description by Barnes & McDunnough, 1911]

The original description of Agylla septentrionalisBarnes & McDunnough, is available at the link in the print references below

Range

Southern Arizona.(2), (3)

South Carolina record on MPG(?)

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Season

Records of adults are mostly from July and August. (3)

See Also

Compare to others on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.

Print References

Barnes & McDunnough 1911. New species and genera of North American Lepidoptera. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 19: (151).

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Moths of Southeastern Arizona (2)

BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems

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.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 20 May, 2011 - 11:26pm
Last updated 2 April, 2013 - 6:26pm

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