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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Stiriinae » Stiriini » Stiria » Stiria blanchardi - Hodges#9783 (Stiria blanchardi)

Species Stiria blanchardi - Hodges#9783

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Stiriinae
Tribe Stiriini
Genus Stiria
Species blanchardi (Stiria blanchardi - Hodges#9783)
Hodges Number
9783
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Stiria blanchardi (Hogue, 1966)
Basilodes blanchardi Hogue, 1965 (1)
Phylogenetic sequence # 931691
Explanation of Names
Named in honor of Andre Blanchard (1896-1986). (2)
Numbers
There are seven named species of Stiria in America north of Mexico. (3)
Size
Forewing length 14-15 mm. (1)
Identification
The only Stiria species without a median patch along the forewing inner margin. (1)
Range
Arizona to western Texas. (4), (5)
Limited range in western Texas (Brewster County and Culberson County) and Eddy County, New Mexico.
Collected in Cochise County, Arizona by Ed Knudson. (Texas Lepidoptera Survey)
Season
Adults have been recorded from June to September. (5)
Food
Larval host is unknown. (6)
See Also
Stiria dyari
Stiria sulphurea
Stiria consuela
Print References
Poole, R.W., 1995. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 26.1. p. 141; pl. 4.35-36.(7)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
nearctica.com
Moths of Southeastern Arizona
Works Cited
1.A new species of Basilodes [Stiria] from the southwestern United States (Noctuidae)
Charles L. Hogue. 1965. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 4(4): 275-280.
2.André Blanchard (1896- 1986)
Roy O. Kendall. 1987. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 41(4): 219-237.
3.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 .
4.Moths of Southeast Arizona
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)
7.The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 26.1. Noctuoidea, Noctuidae: Cuculliinae, Stiriinae, Psaphidinae.
Robert W. Poole. 1995. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 8 June, 2012 - 12:19pm
Last updated 15 April, 2013 - 7:23pm

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