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Species Baileya ellessyoo - Hodges#8972.1

Baileya ellessyoo Baileya ellessyoo Unknown Moth - Baileya ellessyoo 3/28/2020 Baileya ellessyou - Baileya ellessyoo Baileya ellessyoo 4/23/2021 moth 2 - Baileya ellessyoo Unidentified moth in Alabama - Baileya ellessyoo Unidentified moth in Alabama - Baileya ellessyoo
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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 Risobinae
Genus Baileya
Species ellessyoo (Baileya ellessyoo - Hodges#8972.1)
Hodges Number
8972.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Baileya ellessyoo Brou, 2004 (1)
Phylogenetic sequence # 931153
Explanation of Names
ellessyoo is a spelling out of the acronym LSU (Louisiana State University).(1)
Size
Forewing length average: (1)
♂ 15.2 mm.
♀ 15.1 mm.
Identification
Original description in PDF. (1)
Determined by Vernon Antoine Brou Jr.
Range
Texas to Missouri and east to North Carolina and Florida. (2), (1)
Holotype: USA: Louisiana, Natchitoches Parish, Kisatchie National Forest, near Gorum. (1)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Season
Adult records from March to May. (2)
One annual brood peaks in March and April. (1)
See Also
Compare on the plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Brou, V.A. 2004. Two new species of Baileya Grote (Nolidae: Risobinae:) from the southeastern United States. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 58(2): 94-99. (1)
Internet References
Key to Baileya species; PDF doc (Vernon Brou, courtesy Yale U.)
Works Cited
1.Two new species of Baileya (Grote) Nolidae: Risobinae: from the southeastern United States.
Vernon Antoine Brou Jr. 2004. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 58(2): 94-99.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group