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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Oncocnemidinae » Leucocnemis » Leucocnemis perfundis - Hodges#10049 (Leucocnemis perfundis)

Species Leucocnemis perfundis - Hodges#10049

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · 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 Oncocnemidinae
Genus Leucocnemis
Species perfundis (Leucocnemis perfundis - Hodges#10049)
Hodges Number
10049
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Leucocnemis perfundis (Smith, 1894)
Oxycnemis perfundis Smith, 1894
Phylogenetic sequence # 931618 (1)
Numbers
There are four named Leucocnemis species in America north of Mexico. (1)
Size
Wingspan about 26 mm. (Smith)
Identification
The original description as Oxycnemis perfundis Smith, is available online in the print references below.
Range
Texas, New Mexico.
Holotype collected in Texas, Nueces River.
Season
Adults are most common from April to August.
Print References
Hampson, G.F. 1909. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. 8: 22.
Smith, J.B. 1894. Descriptions of new genera and species of Noctuidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 21: 87, pl. 6, fig. 6.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Barcoding Life
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 13 May, 2013 - 12:28am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Steve Morris
Last updated 1 April, 2023 - 8:02am

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