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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Amphipyrinae » Psaphidini » Nocloina » Paramiana » Paramiana smaragdina - Hodges#9803 (Paramiana smaragdina)

Species Paramiana smaragdina - Hodges#9803

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Season · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Moth - Paramiana smaragdina Moth - Paramiana smaragdina Arizona Moth - Paramiana smaragdina Noctuid - Paramiana smaragdina Paramiana? - Paramiana smaragdina - male Paramiana smaragdina Paramiana smaragdina Paramiana smaragdina
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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 Amphipyrinae
Tribe Psaphidini
Subtribe Nocloina
Genus Paramiana
Species smaragdina (Paramiana smaragdina - Hodges#9803)
Hodges Number
9803
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Paramiana smaragdina (Neumoegen, 1884)
Hadena smaragdina Neumoegen, 1884
Phylogenetic sequence # 931587
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) included five species of the genus Paramiana in America north of Mexico. (1)
Size
The forewing length averages 13 mm.
Range
Southern Arizona and the Chisos Mountains of western Texas. (2)
Season
Adults fly August through September. (2)
See Also
Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group. (3)
Print References
Neumoegen, B., 1883. Descriptions of interesting new species of the Heterocera from all parts of our continent. Papilio, 3: 140.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Nearctica.com (2)
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.Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 21 February, 2012 - 4:56pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 27 August, 2013 - 11:52am

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