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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Tiger and Lichen Moths (Arctiinae) » Lichen Moths (Lithosiini) » Cisthenina » Lycomorpha » Lycomorpha splendens - Hodges#8086 (Lycomorpha splendens)

Species Lycomorpha splendens - Hodges#8086

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · Remarks · 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 Erebidae
Subfamily Arctiinae (Tiger and Lichen Moths)
Tribe Lithosiini (Lichen Moths)
Subtribe Cisthenina
Genus Lycomorpha
Species splendens (Lycomorpha splendens - Hodges#8086)
Hodges Number
8086
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Lycomorpha splendens Barnes & McDunnough, 1912
Phylogenetic sequence # 930200
Size
Forewing length 12-15 mm. (1)
Range
Texas to Arizona, and north to the Great Basin. (1)
Season
Adults fly May to October. (1)
Remarks
Nocturnal only, and often attracted to lights(1)
See Also
Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. p. 266, pl. 46.28. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems
lepbarcoding.org
Works Cited
1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 8 June, 2012 - 2:58pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 16 May, 2013 - 7:38pm

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