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Meganola fuscula - Hodges#8985 (Meganola fuscula)
Species
Meganola fuscula
- Hodges#8985
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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
Nolidae (Nolid Moths)
Subfamily
Nolinae
Genus
Meganola
Species
fuscula
(Meganola fuscula - Hodges#8985)
Hodges Number
8985
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Meganola fuscula
(Grote
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, 1881)
Nola fuscula
Grote, 1881
Phylogenetic sequence #
931125.
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Numbers
Size
Forewing length 10-12 mm.
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Identification
Grote (1881) original description as
Nola fuscula
is available online in the print references.
Specimen identified by DNA analysis (BOLD).
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Range
Central and southern California to Colorado and central Texas.
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Season
Adults are most common from January to September. (several flights).
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Food
The larval host is unknown.
See Also
This group has several very similar species and can be difficult.
Print References
Grote, A.R., 1881. New western moths.
Papilio
76
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Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009.
Moths of Western North America
. University of California Press, pl. 46, fig. 5; p. 263.
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Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
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The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
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Moths of Southeastern Arizona
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Works Cited
1.
Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)
2.
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 .
3.
Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
4.
BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
5.
Survey of Utah Moth Species
6.
Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
7.
Moths of Southeast Arizona
8.
North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by
Maury J. Heiman
on 27 February, 2012 - 8:39pm
Last updated 17 May, 2014 - 9:41pm