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Species Tarache major - Hodges#9152

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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 major (Tarache major - Hodges#9152)

Hodges Number

9152

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Described in 1900 by Smith and placed in Acontia

Size

forewing length 13 - 15 mm (1)

Range

Widely distributed in the west but uncommon; from British Columbia east to Utah and Colorado, south to southern California (1)

Food

larval hosts are Freemontodendrom californicum and Sphaeralcea ambigua (1)

Internet References

Nearctica - species page

Moth Photographers Group - species page

Works Cited

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

Contributed by v belov on 1 October, 2011 - 12:54pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 1 October, 2011 - 5:33pm

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