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Species Oxycnemis fusimacula - Hodges#10046

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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 Triocnemidina
Genus Oxycnemis
Species fusimacula (Oxycnemis fusimacula - Hodges#10046)
Hodges Number
10046
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Oxycnemis fusimacula Smith, 1902
* phylogenetic sequence #931615
Size
Wingspan 23-25 mm (Smith, 1902).
Forewing length 9-13 mm. (1)
Larva to about 25 mm. (2)
Range
California, Baja California, and Arizona.(1) Crumb included Utah and Nevada as well. (2)(3)
Food
Larval host is littleleaf ratany (Krameria erecta, Krameriaceae). (2)
Print References
Crumb, S. E. 1956. The larvae of the Phalaenidae. USDA Technical Bulletin 1135: 55 (2)
Holland, W. J. 1915. The moth book. Doubleday, Page & Company. 221 (4)
Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. pl.51.18f, p.287 (1)
Smith, J. B. 1902. New species of Noctuidae for 1902. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 10: 50
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - species page
Nearctica.com - species page
Works Cited
1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
2.The Larvae of the Phalaenidae [Noctuidae]
Samuel Ebb Crumb. 1956. U.S. Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin 1135: 1-356.
3.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
4.The Moth Book
W. J. Holland. 1922. Doubleday, Page & Company.