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Species Cephalospargeta elongata - Hodges#9837

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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 Nolidae (Nolid Moths)
Subfamily Nolinae
Genus Cephalospargeta
Species elongata (Cephalospargeta elongata - Hodges#9837)
Hodges Number
9837
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cephalospargeta elongata Möschler, 1890
Phylogenetic sequence # 931140
Numbers
The only species found in America north of Mexico.(1)
Size
Hampson (1909) reported the wingspan:
♂ 22 mm.
♀ 24 mm.
Identification
Hampson (1909) description online: 224.
Range
Extreme southern Texas to Central America.
Moth Photographers Group - large range map with collection dates.
Season
Texas records from May and September. (2)
Print References
Hampson, 1909. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum, p. 224.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Lepbarcoding.org
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.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 20 September, 2012 - 9:14pm
Last updated 15 December, 2013 - 11:06pm

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