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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Heterocampinae » Carboniclava » Carboniclava alpica - Hodges#8013 (Carboniclava alpica)

Species Carboniclava alpica - Hodges#8013

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

Prominent ID Request - Carboniclava alpica

Oligocentria alpica - Carboniclava alpica

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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 Notodontidae (Prominent Moths)

Subfamily Heterocampinae

Genus Carboniclava

Species alpica (Carboniclava alpica - Hodges#8013)

Hodges Number

8013

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Carboniclava alpica (Benjamin, 1932)

Ianassa alpica Benjamin, 1932

Phylogenetic sequence # 930106

Explanation of Names

Carboniclava alpica (Benjamin, 1932), n. comb. in Miller et al. (2021) (1), was formerly placed in the genus Oligocentria.

Numbers

The genus has nine species in America north of Mexico.

Size

Forewing length 14-18 mm(2), to 20 mm.

Range

Western TX, southeastern NM - Miller et al. (2021)

Type locality: Alpine, TX.

Season

Adults fly late March to September. (2)

See Also

Oligocentria pinalensis

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

Print References

Benjamin. 1932. Pan-Pacific Entomologist. 8: 55.

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler. 2009. Moths of Western North America. p. 251, pl. 42.15. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA)

Works Cited

1.	Noctuoidea, Notodontidae (Part 2, Conclusion): Heterocampinae, Nystaleinae, Dioptinae, Dicranurinae Miller, J.S., D.L. Wagner, P.A. Opler & J.D. Lafontaine. 2021. The Moths of America north of Mexico, Fascicle 22.1B: 1-443.

2.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 23 June, 2011 - 4:00pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Steve Nanz, Mike Quinn, Chuck Sexton
Last updated 26 March, 2022 - 1:36pm

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