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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Condicinae » Leuconyctini » Diastema » Diastema n. sp. near  morata - Hodges#9068.97  (Diastema n-sp)

Species Diastema n-sp - Diastema n. sp. near morata - Hodges#9068.97

Classification · Hodges Number · Numbers · Identification · Range · 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 Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Condicinae
Tribe Leuconyctini
Genus Diastema
Species n-sp (Diastema n. sp. near morata - Hodges#9068.97 )
Hodges Number
9068.97
Numbers
There are two named species of Diastema in America north of Mexico.(1)
Identification
Diastema n. sp. near morata (Don Lafontaine)
Range
Southern Arizona
Food
Larval host suspected to be Lantana spp as for other Diastema spp.
Print References
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
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 .
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 25 September, 2012 - 6:33pm
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 10:09pm

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