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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Metoponiinae » Azenia » Azenia edentata - Hodges#9726 (Azenia edentata)

Species Azenia edentata - Hodges#9726

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Season · Food · 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 Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Subfamily Metoponiinae

Genus Azenia

Species edentata (Azenia edentata - Hodges#9726)

Hodges Number

9726

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Azenia edentata Grote(1), 1883

Stiriodes edentata

Metoponia umbria Druce, 1898

Phylogenetic sequence #931725.00 (2)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet is Latin meaning "un-toothed," as compared to the three-toothed A. implora described in the same paper.

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 6 species of the genus Azenia in America north of Mexico. (2)

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2011) added one species. (3)

Identification

Adult - polymorphic.

Range

Arizona and west Texas to Central America. (4), (4)

Season

The main flight period is July to September. (5)

Food

Poole (2013) reports the host is unknown. (4)

See Also

The other six Azenia species.

Print References

Druce, H. 1889. Insecta Lepidoptera-Heterocera. Biologia Centrali-Americana, 2: 491

Grote, A.R. 1883. New species and notes on structure of moths and genera. The Canadian Entomologist, 15(2): 25

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (5)

Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com) (4)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)

Moths of Southeastern Arizona (7)

Works Cited

1.	Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)

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 checklist of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico J. Donald Lafontaine & B. Christian Schmidt. 2011. Zookeys, 149.1805.

4.	Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

6.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

7.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

Contributed by Randy Hardy on 19 July, 2011 - 12:12pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 23 January, 2019 - 10:10am

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