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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Pantheinae » Meleneta » Meleneta antennata - Hodges#9191 (Meleneta antennata)

Species Meleneta antennata - Hodges#9191

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
caterpillar on Emory Oak - Meleneta antennata Noctuid Moth - Meleneta antennata - female Meleneta antennata Noctuoidea? - Meleneta antennata Noctuoidea? - Meleneta antennata Noctuoidea? - Meleneta antennata Meleneta antennata Meleneta antennata
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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 Pantheinae
Genus Meleneta
Species antennata (Meleneta antennata - Hodges#9191)
Hodges Number
9191
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Meleneta antennata Smith, 1908
Zazunga moes Dyar, 1920 (100)
* phylogenetic sequence #931409
Size
Wingspan 31-35 mm (Smith, 1908).
Range
Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona, south into Mexico. (1)
Described from specimens collected in the Huachuca Mountains (July) and Pamerlee (August) in Cochise County, Arizona.
Print References
Smith, J.B. 1908. New species and genera of the Lepidopterous family Noctuidae for 1907. Part 2. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 18(2): 93
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Moths of Southeastern Arizona
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Paul Dennehy on 1 February, 2012 - 5:54pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 19 August, 2013 - 4:54pm

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