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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Phlogophorini » Euplexia » Euplexia triplaga - Hodges#9544 (Euplexia triplaga)

Species Euplexia triplaga - Hodges#9544

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 Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)

Tribe Phlogophorini

Genus Euplexia

Species triplaga (Euplexia triplaga - Hodges#9544)

Hodges Number

9544

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Euplexia triplaga (Walker, 1857)

Dianthaecia triplaga Walker, 1857

syn. Euplexia brillians Barnes & McDunnough, 1911 [Hodges #9544] (1), (2)

Phylogenetic sequence # 932289

Numbers

Euplexia has two species in America north of Mexico. (3), (2)

Size

Wingspan 32-36 mm. (1)

Identification

Distinctive light colored subapical patch.

Range

Arizona, Mexico to Venezuela.

Season

Adults appear to be most common from June to August. (4), (1)

Print References

Barnes, W. & J. McDunnough 1911. New species and genera of North American Lepidoptera. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 19: 158. (1)

Draudt, M. 1919. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde, 7: 218.

Hampson, G.F. 1908. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum, 7: 239.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

Moths of Southeastern Arizona(5) - (listed as Euplexia brillians)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)

Works Cited

1.	New species and genera of North American Lepidoptera William Barnes, James Halliday McDunnough. 1911. Journal of The New York Entomological Society 19: 151--162.

2.	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 .

3.	Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico. Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

6.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 15 June, 2013 - 5:23pm
Last updated 16 June, 2013 - 9:37pm

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