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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Xylenini » Xylenina » Brachylomia » Brachylomia curvifascia - Hodges#9996  (Brachylomia curvifascia)

Species Brachylomia curvifascia - Hodges#9996

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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 Brachylomia
Species curvifascia (Brachylomia curvifascia - Hodges#9996 )
Hodges Number
9996
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Brachylomia curvifascia (Smith, 1891)
Dryobota curvifascia Smith, 1891
Phylogenetic sequence # 932657
Numbers
There are twelve Brachylomia species in America, north of Mexico.(1)
Size
Wingspan 28-30 mm.
Identification
The original description as Dryobota curvifascia Smith, is available online in the print references below. (2)
Specimen identified by DNA analysis (BOLD) (3)
Range
California(4) and Nevada to British Columbia. (5)
Described from the Sierra Nevada, Cailfornia. (6)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Habitat
Sierra Nevada
Season
Adults fly August through September. (5)
Food
The host plant is unknown.
See Also
Compare to related species on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Hampson. G. 1906. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phaaeae in the British Museum, 6: 217.
Smith, J.B. 1891. Notes on some Noctuidae, with descriptions of new genera and species. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, vol. 18, p. 109. (2)
Troubridge, J.T., & J.D. Lafontaine 2007. A revision of the North American species of Brachylomia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Xyleninae) with descriptions of four new species. The Canadian Entomologist, 139: 209–227. (7)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (5)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD (3)
lepbarcoding.org
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.Transactions of the American Entomological Society- Journal available for free from Internet Archive
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
4.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.Noctuidae; Lepidopterorum Catalogus (Lepidopterorum Catalogues New Series Fasc 118) Part 1 & 2)
Poole, R. W. 1989. CRC Press .
7.A revision of the North American species of Brachylomia (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Xyleninae)....
James T. Troubridge & Donald Lafontaine. 2007. Canadian Entomologist, 139: 209–227.
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 9 March, 2012 - 12:00am
Last updated 4 July, 2013 - 9:04am

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