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Species Hypena lividalis - Hodges#8456

Representative Images

Moth - Hypena lividalis Hypena lividalis Hypena lividalis
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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 Erebidae
Subfamily Hypeninae
Genus Hypena
Species lividalis (Hypena lividalis - Hodges#8456)

Hodges Number

8456

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Hypena lividalis Walker, 1859
Pyralis lividalis Walker, 1859
Phylogenetic sequence #930579

Numbers

Size

Forewing length is about 20 mm.

Range

Southern Florida, southern Texas and Arizona

See Also

Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (1)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)
lepbarcoding.org

Works Cited

1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 3 April, 2012 - 12:48am
Last updated 22 September, 2014 - 5:05pm

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