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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) » Lithosiina » Gnamptonychia » Gnamptonychia ventralis - Hodges#8057 (Gnamptonychia ventralis)

Species Gnamptonychia ventralis - Hodges#8057

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Looks like Cisseps fulvicollis, but has yellow legs - Gnamptonychia ventralis Looks like Cisseps fulvicollis, but has yellow legs - Gnamptonychia ventralis Lichen Moth - Gnamptonychia ventralis Neoilliberis fusca - Gnamptonychia ventralis Gnamptonychia ventralis? - Gnamptonychia ventralis Gnamptonychia ventralis - female Gnamptonychia ventralis - female Gnamptonychia ventralis - male
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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 Lithosiina
Genus Gnamptonychia
Species ventralis (Gnamptonychia ventralis - Hodges#8057)
Hodges Number
8057
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Gnamptonychia ventralis Barnes & Lindsey, 1921
Phylogenetic sequence # 930231
Explanation of Names
ventralis referring to the orange-yellow color of the underside (ventral) of the thorax and abdomen.
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed Gnamptonychia ventralis as the only member of the genus in America north of Mexico.(1)
Size
Powell & Opler (2009) reported the forewing length 19-20 mm. (2)
Identification
The original description of Gnamptonychia ventralis Barnes & Lindsey, is available online in the print references below.
Range
Arizona(3) to western Texas. (2)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
Adults fly June through August. (2), (4)
Remarks
Diurnal.
See Also
Gardinia anopla


Inopsis funerea

Lycomorpha splendens


Inopsis modulata
Print References
Barnes, W. & A.W. Lindsey 1921. Notes and new species (Lep., Arctiidae). Entomological News and Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 32(1): 297.
Powell, J.A., & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. p. 267; plate 46, fig. 42. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (4)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
Moths of Southeastern Arizona (3)
Works Cited
1.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 .
2.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
3.Moths of Southeast Arizona
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 27 June, 2012 - 1:32pm
Additional contributions by Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 9 April, 2020 - 3:21pm

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