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Species Chytonix sensilis - Hodges#9557

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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 Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)

Tribe Elaphriini

Genus Chytonix

Species sensilis (Chytonix sensilis - Hodges#9557)

Hodges Number

9557

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Chytonix sensilis Grote, 1881

Chytonix ruperti Franclemont, 1941 (1)

Chytonix macdonaldi Benjamin, 1922

Chytonix submediana Strand, 1916

Phylogenetic sequence # 932249.51

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed three species of the genus Chytonix in America north of Mexico. (2)

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2011) listed two species after including Chytonix ruperti Franclemont, 1941 as a synonym of Chytonix sensilis. (1)

Size

Grote (1881) listed a wingspan of 31 mm.

Moth Photographers Group shows several photos of 26 mm. (3)

Identification

Very similar to Chytonix palliatricula. See here for an explanation of the differences.

Genitalia:

Range

Heppner (2003) included Quebec to Florida, Michigan to Texas. (4), (5), (6), (7)

Season

The adults tend to fly in the late summer, being most common in August in the Northeast.

Heppner (2003) reports April, August, October to November in Florida. (6)

Remarks

Chytonix sensilis is reported by several states to be declining in population and a species of concern.

Print References

Grote, A.R., 1881. New species of Dicopis, Chytonix and Spragueia. Papilio, 1: 49.

Lafontaine J.D. & B.C. Schmidt, 2011. Additions and corrections to the checklist of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys 149: 148, 155.(1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (8)

New York Natural Heritage Program

Works Cited

1.	Additions and corrections to the checklist of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico J. Donald Lafontaine & B. Christian Schmidt. 2011. Zookeys, 149.1805.

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.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida

5.	South Carolina Moth Species

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

7.	Oklahoma moth species list by county (PDF)

8.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 14 June, 2012 - 12:55pm
Additional contributions by dennepj10, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 16 November, 2023 - 11:00pm

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