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Species Sympistis induta - Hodges#10060

Sympistis induta - Hodges #10060  - Sympistis induta Sympistis induta
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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 Oncocnemidinae
Genus Sympistis
Species induta (Sympistis induta - Hodges#10060 )
Hodges Number
10060
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Sympistis induta (Harvey, 1874)
Homohadena induta Harvey, 1874
Phylogenetic sequence # 931818 (1)
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 176 species of the genus Sympistis in America north of Mexico. (1)
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2013) reinstated one species. (2)
Size
Wingspan 32-34 mm.
Range
Texas to Missouri and Oklahoma.
Season
The main flight period appears to be April to May.
See Also
Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Hampson, G.F. 1906. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. 6: 189.
Harvey, 1874. XX. Observations of North American moths. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. 2: 274.
Lafontaine J.D. & B.C. Schmidt 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys 40: 59-64. (1)
Lafontaine, J.D. & BC. Schmidt 2013. Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys 264: 230, 234. (2)