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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Xylenini » Xylenina » Brachylomia » Brachylomia elda - Hodges#9994 (Brachylomia elda)

Species Brachylomia elda - Hodges#9994

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited

Brachylomia elda - Hodges #9994 - Brachylomia elda

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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 Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)

Tribe Xylenini

Subtribe Xylenina

Genus Brachylomia

Species elda (Brachylomia elda - Hodges#9994)

Hodges Number

9994

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Brachylomia elda (French, 1887) (1)

Lomilysis elda French, 1887

Phylogenetic sequence # 932652.

Numbers

Twelve Brachylomia species are found in America north of Mexico.(2)

Size

Wingspan about 33 mm.

Identification

Determined by Lars Crabo.

Range

California to Wyoming and Oregon. (3), (4)

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Season

Adults are most often reported from June to September. (3)

See Also

Compare to others on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

E. H. Strickland Museum

Works Cited

1.	A revision of the North American species of Brachylomia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Xyleninae).... James T. Troubridge & Donald Lafontaine. 2007. Canadian Entomologist, 139: 209–227.

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.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 3 January, 2012 - 8:26pm
Last updated 9 April, 2013 - 1:04pm

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