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Species Diastema cnossia - Hodges#9068

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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 cnossia (Diastema cnossia - Hodges#9068)
Hodges Number
9068
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Diastema cnossia (Druce, 1889) (1)
Pseudina cnossia Druce, 1889
Eustrotia cnossia (Druce, 1889)
Phylogenetic sequence # 932029 (2)
Numbers
There are two named species of the genus Diastema in America north of Mexico. (2), (1),
Size
Forewing length 10-12 mm. (3)
Range
Southern Texas to Mexico, south to El Salvador. (3)
Southern Arizona(?) (2)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
Two flights in southern Texas. April to May and September through December. (3), (2)
Food
Larvae have been reared on Lantana urticifolia Mill. (nettleleaf shrubverbena). (3)
See Also
Not likely to be confused with other species north of Mexico.
Ozarba nebula
Print References
Barnes, W. & J.F. McDunnough 1913. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America, 2: 117.
Druce, H. 1889. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Insecta. Lepidoptera-Heterocera, 1: p. 311, pl. 28, fig. 28.
Hampson, G.F. 1910. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum, 10: 602.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
nearctica.com
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
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.Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 23 February, 2013 - 9:05am
Last updated 2 August, 2013 - 7:54pm

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