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Species Alexicles aspersa - Hodges#8143

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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 Arctiinae (Tiger and Lichen Moths)
Tribe Arctiini (Tiger Moths)
Subtribe Spilosomina
Genus Alexicles
Species aspersa (Alexicles aspersa - Hodges#8143)

Hodges Number

8143

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Alexicles aspersa Grote(1), 1883 (2)
Phylogenetic sequence # 930320

Range

Arizona, New Mexico.

Season

Adults are most common in June. (3)

Remarks

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Partial 90-Day Finding on a Petition To List 475 Species in the Southwestern United States as Threatened or Endangered With Critical Habitat. federalregister.gov. PDF

Print References

Grote, A.R. 1883. On the moths collected by Prof. Snow in New Mexico. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences, 8: 47.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
Moths of Southeastern Arizona

Works Cited

1.Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)
2.Revised checklist of the tiger moths of the Continental United States and Canada
B. Christian Schmidt & Paul A. Opler. 2008. Zootaxa 1677: 1–23.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 13 June, 2013 - 3:44pm
Last updated 13 June, 2013 - 7:00pm

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