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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Boletobiinae » Phytometrini » Hemeroplanis » Hemeroplanis incusalis - Hodges#8474 (Hemeroplanis incusalis)

Species Hemeroplanis incusalis - Hodges#8474

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · 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 Boletobiinae
Tribe Phytometrini
Genus Hemeroplanis
Species incusalis (Hemeroplanis incusalis - Hodges#8474)
Hodges Number
8474
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hemeroplanis incusalis (Grote(1), 1881)
Bomolocha incusalis Grote, 1881
Pleonectyptera incusalis
Megachyta subflavidalis Grote, 1881
Phylogenetic sequence # 930707
Size
Wingspan 23-26 mm.
Identification
Adult - highly variable, with pale and darker forms. Summer specimens rarely as pale as spring specimens (Franclemont, 1966).(2)
Range
Arizona, southern California and southern Nevada (based on records here and at the MPG).
Habitat
Low deserts and mountains up to at least 5600' (Franclemont, 1966).(2)
Food
Caterpillars feed on mesquite and other legumes.
Print References
Franclemont, J.G. 1966. A new genus, Nychioptera, with descriptions of two new species and notes on the genus Hemeroplanis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Proceedings of The Entomological Society of Washington 68: 296. full text PDF
Grote, A.R., 1881. New Noctuidae, with a list of species of Perigrapha. The Canadian Entomologist 13(6): 133
Grote, A.R. 1881. New moths from Arizona with notes on Catocala and Heliothis. Papilio 1(9):166
Smith, 1907. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 33: 372 (3)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (4)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (5)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)
Works Cited
1.Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)
2.A new genus, Nychioptera, with descriptions of two new species and notes on the genus Hemeroplanis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
John G. Franclemont. 1966. Proceedings of The Entomological Society of Washington 68: 295-306.
3.Revision of the Species of Pleonectyptera Grt. [Grote]
John B Smith. 1907. Transactions of The American Entomological Society 33: 363-379.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.Butterflies of North America
6.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Chuck Entz on 5 August, 2006 - 5:28pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Maury Heiman, Ron M., margarethe brummermann, Randy Hardy
Last updated 24 September, 2016 - 5:03am

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