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Species Plagiomimicus olvello - Hodges#9742

Moth at Blacklight - Plagiomimicus olvello

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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 Stiriinae

Tribe Stiriini

Genus Plagiomimicus

Species olvello (Plagiomimicus olvello - Hodges#9742)

Hodges Number

9742

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Plagiomimicus olvello (Barnes, 1907) (1)

Stibadium olvello Barnes, 1907

Phylogenetic sequence # 931647

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 18 species of the genus Plagiomimicus in America north of Mexico. (1)

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2011) added one species. (2)

Size

Forewing length about 14 mm. (3)

Identification

Barnes (1907) original description as Stibadium olvello is available in the print references.

Range

Southern Arizona to western Texas, and adjacent northern Mexico. (3)

Season

The main flight period is September through October. (4), (3)

Food

The larval host is unknown. (3)

Print References

Barnes, W.M. 1907. New species of North American Lepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist. 39: 94.

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: pp. 148; 153. (2)

Poole, R.W., 1995. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 26.1. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation: p. 89; pl. 3.23.(5)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

Moths of Southeastern Arizona (6)

Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com) (3)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (7)

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.	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.

3.	Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 26.1. Noctuoidea, Noctuidae: Cuculliinae, Stiriinae, Psaphidinae. Robert W. Poole. 1995. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

6.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

7.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 19 September, 2012 - 11:54pm
Last updated 10 October, 2013 - 12:45am

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