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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) » Chamaecleini » "Azenia" provisional placement (Azenia-prov-pl) » "Azenia" prov. pl. virida - Hodges#9728 (Azenia-prov-pl virida)

Species Azenia-prov-pl virida - "Azenia" prov. pl. virida - Hodges#9728

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Noctuidae--Azenia virida? - Azenia-prov-pl virida Heliothis subflexa ? - Azenia-prov-pl virida A faded Plagiomimicus? - Azenia-prov-pl virida Azenia virida feeding on Sphaeralcea ambigua - Azenia-prov-pl virida Azenia virida feeding on Sphaeralcea ambigua - Azenia-prov-pl virida Green Azenia - Azenia-prov-pl virida Azenia virida - Azenia-prov-pl virida Azenia virida - Azenia-prov-pl virida
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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 Chamaecleini
Genus Azenia-prov-pl ("Azenia" provisional placement)
Species virida ("Azenia" prov. pl. virida - Hodges#9728)
Hodges Number
9728
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Azenia virida (Barnes & McDunnough, 1916)
Stiriodes virida Barnes & McDunnough, 1916 (1)
Phylogenetic sequence # 931727 (2)
Size
Wingspan 21-22 mm. (3)
Identification
Barnes & McDunnough (1916) original description as Stiriodes virida is online in the print references below. (1)
Poole states "The most significant maculation are thick, prominent white lines for the antemedial, postmedial, and subterminal lines. The costa of the forewing is shaded with white as well." (4)
Range
Southern California(5), southern Nevada and western Arizona(6). (4), (3)
Baja California. (4)
Moth Photographers Group map
Season
The main flight period is March to June. (4), (3)
Food
The larval host is unknown. (4)
See Also
Plagiomimicus tepperi

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Schinia accessa

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Schinia trifascia

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Compare to others on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group
Print References
Barnes & McDunnough 1916. New species and varieties of North Americam Lepidoptera. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America 3(1), p. 13; pl. 3, fig. 7. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Noctuidae of North America - nearctica.com (4)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (7)
Works Cited
1.Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America (Vols. 1-4)
William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough. 1911. Decatur ILL., The Review Press.
2.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 .
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)
5.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
6.Moths of Southeast Arizona
7.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 10 December, 2011 - 1:18am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 26 May, 2021 - 1:21pm

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