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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Erebinae » Catocalini » Underwings (Catocala) » Catocala texanae - Hodges#8830 (Catocala texanae)

Species Catocala texanae - Hodges#8830

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · 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 Erebinae
Tribe Catocalini
Genus Catocala (Underwings)
Species texanae (Catocala texanae - Hodges#8830)
Hodges Number
8830
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Catocala texanae French, 1902 (1), (2)
Phylogenetic sequence #930810
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet for the Texas form of C. arizonae as described by French.
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) included 101 species of the genus Catocala in America north of Mexico. (3)
Powell & Opler (2009) reported 110 species in all of North America, and about 230 worldwide. (4)
Size
Wingspan about 85 mm. (5)
Identification
Hindwing inner black band is thin and comes to a point before reaching the inner margin. Fringe of hindwing is white, except a area of reddish-orange at the apex.
Range
Texas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Kansas. (5)
Holotype was collected in Texas; San Patricio County; Welder Wildlife Preserve.
Season
Adults fly May to June.
Food
Larval host plant is unknown. (5)
Print References
Barnes, Wm. & J.H. McDunnough, 1918. Illustrations of the North American species of the genus Catocala. Memoirs of the AMNH 2(1): p.29; Pl.5, f.10. (1)
French, G.H. 1902. The yellow-winged Catocalae. The Canadian Entomologist 34(4): 98.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (6)
Bill Oehlke's North American Catocala (5)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (7)
Moths of Dallas County, Texas
George Hazen French (1841-1935)
Works Cited
1.Illustrations of the North American species of the genus Catocala.
William Barnes, James Halliday McDunnough. 1918. Memoirs of the AMNH 2(1).
2.Systematics of moths in the genus Catocala (Lepidoptera, Erebidae) IV. Nomenclatorial stabilization of the ....
Lawrence Gall, David Hawks. 2010. Zookeys 39: 37-83.
3.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 .
4.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
5.Bill Oehlke's North American Catocala
6.North American Moth Photographers Group
7.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 1 September, 2011 - 8:09pm
Additional contributions by marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy
Last updated 13 March, 2018 - 6:02pm

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