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Species Lithophane ponderosa - Hodges#9924.1

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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 Xylenini
Subtribe Xylenina
Genus Lithophane (Pinions)
Species ponderosa (Lithophane ponderosa - Hodges#9924.1 )
Hodges Number
9924.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Lithophane ponderosa Troubridge & Lafontaine, 2003 (1)
Phylogenetic sequence # 932560 (2)
Size
Forewing length 17–21 mm. (3)
Identification
Specimen determined by DNA analysis (BOLD). (4)
Range
California to Colorado and British Columbia.
Habitat
open ponderosa pine forest (1)
See Also
Lithophane atara
Print References
Troubridge, J.T & D. Lafontaine, 2003. A review of the pine-feeding Lithophane lepida species group (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), with descriptions of two new species. The Canadian Entomologist 135(1): 53–62. (1)
Internet References
Pacific Northwest Moths (3)
Moth Photographers Group
Noctuoidea of Canada
Lepbarcoding.org
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Works Cited
1.A review of the pine-feeding Lithophane lepida species group (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), with descriptions of two new species
James T. Troubridge, J. Donald Lafontaine. 2003. The Canadian Entomologist, 135(1): 53-62.
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.Pacific Northwest Moths
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 6 March, 2012 - 9:44am
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 22 December, 2023 - 10:28am

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