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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Litter Moths (Herminiinae) » Bleptina » Bleptina sangamonia - Hodges#8372 (Bleptina sangamonia)

Species Bleptina sangamonia - Hodges#8372

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · 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 Erebidae
Subfamily Herminiinae (Litter Moths)
Genus Bleptina
Species sangamonia (Bleptina sangamonia - Hodges#8372)
Hodges Number
8372
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Bleptina sangamonia Barnes & McDunnough(1), 1912 (2)
* phylogenetic sequence #930523
Explanation of Names
Specific name sangamonia refers to the Sangamon River which runs through Decatur, Illinois, where the type specimen was collected.
Size
Wingspan about 24 mm. (2)
Identification
Adult - see Barnes & McDunnough's original description in Print References.
Range
Illinois east to Maryland, south to Florida, west to Texas and Oklahoma. Absent from Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8)
Holotype ♂ from Decatur, Macon County, Illinois (8-15 May). (2)
Season
The adults have been recorded from April to November, but are most common from April to July. (4)
Heppner (2003) reported January and April for Florida. (8)
Food
Heppner (2003) reported the larval host as leaf litter(?). (8)
Print References
Barnes, Wm. & J.H. McDunnough, 1912. Fifty new species and varieties. Noctuidae. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America, 1(5): 27, pl.2, f.18f. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (4)
MarylandMoths.com
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (9)
Works Cited
1.James Halliday McDunnough (1877 -1962) A biographical obituary and bibliography
Douglas C. Ferguson . 1962. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 16(4): 209-228.
2.Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America (Vols. 1-4)
William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough. 1911. Decatur ILL., The Review Press.
3.Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.Moths of Brackenridge Field Laboratory University of Texas at Austin
6.Arkansas Lepidoptera Survey
7.Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America
David L. Wagner. 2011. Princeton University Press.
8.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
9.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Ken Wolgemuth on 4 April, 2013 - 9:40pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, JohnMaxwell22, Randy Hardy
Last updated 28 July, 2014 - 2:34pm

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