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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 » Macrurocampa » Macrurocampa dorothea - Hodges#7976 (Macrurocampa dorothea)

Species Macrurocampa dorothea - Hodges#7976

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Macrurocampa dorothea - - Macrurocampa dorothea

Macrurocampa miranda - Macrurocampa dorothea

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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 Macrurocampa

Species dorothea (Macrurocampa dorothea - Hodges#7976)

Hodges Number

7976

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Macrurocampa dorothea Dyar, 1896

Fentonia dorothea

Macrurocampa miranda Dyar, 1905

Fentonia dorothea race frisoni Barnes & Benjamin 1927

* phylogenetic sequence #930068

miranda and frisoni are removed from synonymy by Miller et al, 2021

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet dorothea likely in honor of the Dyar's newborn daughter, Dorothy (1896-1965).

Size

Forewing length 18-24 mm. (1)

Identification

Larva - blue-green with red-brown and yellow mid-dorsal stripe. (1)

Range

Utah and Colorado south through Arizona, New Mexico, and west Texas. (1)

Type locality: Las Vegas, San Miguel County, New Mexico.

Food

Larval hosts are oaks and Arizona madrone (Arbutus arizonica). (1)

Remarks

Abundant in the mountains of southeastern Arizona during July and August but appearing as early as May. (1)

Print References

Dyar, H.G. 1896. Notes on some moths from the collection of Mr. A. Bolter. The Canadian Entomologist 28(7): 176-177, f.19

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. p.250, pl.42.10f (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

BOLD Systems

Moths of Southeastern Arizona, Larva

Works Cited

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

Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 21 August, 2011 - 10:42pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Randy Hardy
Last updated 19 March, 2022 - 6:51pm

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