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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Bird Dropping Moths (Acontiinae) » Acontiini » Tarache » Tarache lanceolata - Hodges#9153 (Tarache lanceolata)

Species Tarache lanceolata - Hodges#9153

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · 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 Acontiinae (Bird Dropping Moths)
Tribe Acontiini
Genus Tarache
Species lanceolata (Tarache lanceolata - Hodges#9153)
Hodges Number
9153
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Tarache lanceolata (Grote, 1879) (1)
Acontia lanceolata Grote, 1879
Phylogenetic sequence #931372.00
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet is Latin meaning "lance-shaped," for the "long and narrow primaries."
Size
Wingspan about 20-24 mm.
Forewing length about 11 mm. (2)
Range
Arizona to Texas. (2)
See Also
Compare with Tarache huachuca, T. axendra and T. bilimeki at Neartica.com.
Print References
Grote, A.R., 1879. New Noctuids. The Canadian Entomologist 11(10): 198
Holland, W.J., 1915. The moth book. Doubleday, Page & Company. 251, pl.29, f.49 (3)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Nearctica.com
Works Cited
1.Review of the New World genera of the subfamily Acontiinae (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae)
J. Donald Lafontaine, Robert W. Poole . 2010. ZooKeys 39: 137–160 .
2.Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)
3.The Moth Book
W. J. Holland. 1922. Doubleday, Page & Company.
Contributed by Randy Hardy on 24 July, 2011 - 10:16am
Last updated 23 January, 2019 - 10:31am

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