Species Agrotis buchholzi - Hodges#10654

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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10654 – Agrotis buchholzi - Agrotis buchholzi - female

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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 Noctuini

Subtribe Agrotina

Genus Agrotis

Species buchholzi (Agrotis buchholzi - Hodges#10654)

Hodges Number

10654

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Agrotis buchholzi (Barnes & Benjamin, 1929)

Feltia buchholzi Barnes & Benjamin 1929

Agrotis carolina Schweitzer & McCabe, 2004 (1)

Explanation of Names

Named in honor of New Jersey Lepidopterist and collector Otto Buchholz (1874-1958).

Size

Wingspan 28 mm (Barnes & Benjamin, 1929).

Range

Occurs in the New Jersey pine barrens and coastal North Carolina.

Type locality: Lakehurst, New Jersey.

Habitat

Coastal barrens

Food

Larvae feed on flowing pixiemoss (Pyxidanthera barbulata) (Schweitzer & McCabe, 2004).

Print References

Barnes, Wm. & F.H. Benjamin. 1929. Three new species of Phalaenidae from the New Jersey pine barrens. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 24: 164.

Schweitzer, D.F. & T.L. McCabe. 2004. The taxonomy, larva and ecology of Agrotis buchholzi (Noctuidae) with a new sibling species from North Carolina. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 58(2): 65-74.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

William Barnes

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 .

Contributed by Paul Dennehy on 1 February, 2012 - 7:20pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Randy Hardy
Last updated 21 December, 2017 - 9:59am

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