Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Noctueliopsis virula (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)
Noctuelia virula Barnes & McDunnough, 1918
Numbers
Noctueliopsis includes 9 species in America north of Mexico.
(1) Identification
The original description as Noctuelia virula Barnes & McDunnough is available online in the print references below.
Range
California and Arizona.
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Holotype was collected in California, Riverside County, Palm Springs.
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
Adults are most common from March to June. (MPG)
Food
Life cycle and host plant are unknown.
See Also
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Compare to others on the pinned plates of
Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Barnes & McDunnough 1918. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America, 4:
168, pl. 23, fig. 9.
Munroe, E. G. 1961: Synopsis of the North American Odontiinae, with descriptions of new genera and species (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae). – Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada, Ottawa 93 (24): 49.
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Powell, J.A., & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. p. 171, pl. 22.3.
(2)Contributed by
Maury J. Heiman on 20 October, 2011 - 11:38pm
Additional contributions by
Kyhl AustinLast updated 17 May, 2016 - 7:53pm