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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Heliothinae » Heliolonche » Heliolonche modicella - Hodges#11207 (Heliolonche modicella)

Species Heliolonche modicella - Hodges#11207

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Heliolonche cf. modicella - Heliolonche modicella and a nice moth for Maury - Heliolonche modicella moth on tidy tips flower - Heliolonche modicella Moth, she'll Creek Santa Margarita - Heliolonche modicella Heliolonche carolus on Platystemon - Heliolonche modicella
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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 Heliothinae
Genus Heliolonche
Species modicella (Heliolonche modicella - Hodges#11207)
Hodges Number
11207
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Heliolonche modicella Grote, 1873
* phylogenetic sequence # 932184
Numbers
Five Heliolonche species occur in America north of Mexico.(1)
Range
central and northern California to southern Washingtom
Remarks
diurnal (day flier)
See Also
Heliolonche carolus found in southern California and Arizona.
Print References
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
University of California, Berkeley
BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems(3)
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.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 30 March, 2012 - 10:50pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 10 December, 2013 - 10:50pm

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