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

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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.
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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 .