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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Eustrotiinae » Argillophora » Argillophora furcilla - Hodges#9060 (Argillophora furcilla)

Species Argillophora furcilla - Hodges#9060

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Argillophora furcilla - Argillophora furcilla

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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 Eustrotiinae

Genus Argillophora

Species furcilla (Argillophora furcilla - Hodges#9060)

Hodges Number

9060

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Argillophora furcilla Grote(1), 1873

Phylogentic sequence #931299.00 (2)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin meaning "forked," for the white band on the wings.

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed Argillophora furcilla as the only member of the genus in America north of Mexico. (2)

Size

Wingspan about 24 mm.

Range

Heppner (2003) listed the range to include Tennessee to Florida, Arkansas to Texas. (3)

Season

The flight period appears to be April to September, with the peak from May to July. (4)

Heppner (2003) reported April and July for Florida. (5), (3)

Food

Heppner (2003) listed Arundinaria sp. (Gramineae). (3)

Print References

Grote, A.R., 1873. A study of the North American Noctuidae. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences 1: 124.

(6)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (7)

Works Cited

1.	Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)

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.	Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida

6.	The Moth Book W. J. Holland. 1922. Doubleday, Page & Company.

7.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Randy Hardy on 27 May, 2012 - 12:26pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 28 January, 2019 - 8:30am

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