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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Incertae sedis » Homolagoa » Homolagoa grotelliformis - Hodges#9043 (Homolagoa grotelliformis)

Species Homolagoa grotelliformis - Hodges#9043

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · 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 Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
No Taxon (Incertae sedis)
Genus Homolagoa
Species grotelliformis (Homolagoa grotelliformis - Hodges#9043)
Hodges Number
9043
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Homolagoa grotelliformis Barnes & McDunnough, 1912
Phylogenetic sequence # 931723.
Numbers
Homolagoa grotelliformis is the only member of the genus in America north of Mexico. (1)
Size
Wingspan about 22-24 mm. (2)
Range
Southern Arizona. (3)
See Also
Grotellaforma lactea
Grotella sampita - has black dots on the wing margin. (2)
Print References
Barnes, W. & J.H. McDunnough 1912. New species and genera of North American Lepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist 44(3): 92
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
lepbarcoding.org
Moths of Southeastern Arizona
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.Moths of Southeast Arizona
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 20 February, 2012 - 2:28pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Steve Morris
Last updated 6 August, 2023 - 11:29am

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