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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 » Cecrita » Cecrita lunata - Hodges#7993 (Cecrita lunata)

Species Cecrita lunata - Hodges#7993

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · 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 Notodontidae (Prominent Moths)
Subfamily Heterocampinae
Genus Cecrita
Species lunata (Cecrita lunata - Hodges#7993)
Hodges Number
7993
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cecrita lunata (Edwards, 1884)
Heterocampa lunata Edwards, 1884
Phylogenetic sequence # 930085 (1)
Explanation of Names
Cecrita lunata (Edwards, 1884), n. comb. in Becker (2014)(2), was formerly in the genus Heterocampa.
Size
Powell & Opler (2009) reported a forewing length of 20-22 mm.(3)
Identification
See Miller et al. (2021)(4).
Edwards (1884) original description of Heterocampa lunata is available online in the print references.
Determined by Noel McFarland.
Range
UT, CO, AZ, NM.(4)
Type locality: AZ.
Season
Powell & Opler (2009) reported adults from May to July with the peak being June to July.(3)
April to September records are known.
Food
Powell & Opler (2009) reported the larval host is unknown.(3)
Populus tremuloides (aspen) is suspected. (5)
The adults do not feed. (5)
Life Cycle
Powell & Opler (2009) reported the life cycle is unknown.(3)
See Also
Cecrita plumosa (Edwards, 1886) is best separated by genitalia where ranges overlap.
Notodonta torva
Print References
Edwards, H., 1884. Some new forms of N. American moths. Papilio 4: 44.
Dyar, H.G., 1925. A note on the larvae of the Dalceridae (Lepidoptera). Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus, 13: 44-47.
Neumoegen, B. & H.G. Dyar, 1894. A preliminary revision of the lepidopterous family Notodontidae. A preliminary revision of the Bombyces of America north of Mexico. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 2(1): 180.
Packard, A.S., 1895. Monograph of the Bombycine moths of America north of Mexico, including their transformations and origin of the larval markings and armature. Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, 7: 248. (6)
Powell, J.A. & P.A., 2009. Opler, Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. p. 250; pl. 42, fig. 13. (3)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (7)
Pacific Northwest Moths (5)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (8)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (9)
Moths of Southeastern Arizona (10)
Works Cited
1.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 .
2.Checklist of New World Notodontidae (Noctuoidea)
Becker, V.O. 2014. Lepidoptera Novae, 7(1): 1-40.
3.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
4.Noctuoidea, Notodontidae (Part 2, Conclusion): Heterocampinae, Nystaleinae, Dioptinae, Dicranurinae
Miller, J.S., D.L. Wagner, P.A. Opler & J.D. Lafontaine. 2021. The Moths of America north of Mexico, Fascicle 22.1B: 1-443.
5.Pacific Northwest Moths
6.Bombycine moths of America north of Mexico, including their transformations and origin of the larval markings and armature.
Alpheus S. Packard. 1895. Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 7: 5-390.
7.North American Moth Photographers Group
8.Butterflies of North America
9.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
10.Moths of Southeast Arizona
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 19 December, 2011 - 1:52pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Steve Nanz
Last updated 20 March, 2022 - 8:42pm

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