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Species Bruceia hubbardi - Hodges#8095

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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 Bruceia
Species hubbardi (Bruceia hubbardi - Hodges#8095)
Hodges Number
8095
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Bruceia hubbardi Dyar, 1898
Phylogenetic sequence # 930214
Explanation of Names
Specific epithet hubbardi in honor of Henry Guernsey Hubbard.
Numbers
Bruceia has two described species in America north of Mexico. (1)
Size
Wingspan 22-25 mm. (2)
Identification
The original description of Bruceia hubbardi Dyar, is available online in the print references below.
Specimen identified by DNA analysis:
Range
California and Nevada to Colorado and western Texas. (3), (4), (5)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
Adults are most common from June to September. (6)
Print References
Dyar, H.G. 1898. New American moths and synonymical notes. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 6: 33. (2)
Holland, W.J. 1915. The Moth Book. 108. (7), (8)
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.New American moths and synonymical notes
Harrison G. Dyar. 1898. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 6(1): 33-44.
3.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
4.Survey of Utah Moth Species
5.Moths of Southeast Arizona
6.North American Moth Photographers Group
7.The Moth Book
W.J. Holland. 1968. Dover.
8.The Moth Book
W. J. Holland. 1922. Doubleday, Page & Company.