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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Carpenter and Clearwing Moths (Cossoidea) » Carpenter and Leopard Moths (Cossidae) » Cossinae » Comadia » Comadia albistriga - Hodges#2690 (Comadia albistriga)

Species Comadia albistriga - Hodges#2690

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Comadia albistriga Comadia albistriga Comadia albistriga - Hodges #2690 - Comadia albistriga - male Comadia albistriga Comadia albistriga
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Cossoidea (Carpenter and Clearwing Moths)
Family Cossidae (Carpenter and Leopard Moths)
Subfamily Cossinae
Genus Comadia
Species albistriga (Comadia albistriga - Hodges#2690)
Hodges Number
2690
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Comadia albistriga (Barnes & McDunnough, 1918)
Brown (1975) placed the species in Comadia. (1)
Heterocoma albistriga Barnes & McDunnough, 1918
Size
Forewing length: (1)
♂ 11-14 mm.
♀ 13 mm.
Identification
Brown (1975) revised description is available in PDF. (1)
Range
Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. (2), (1)
Season
Adults are most common from April to June. (3)
See Also
Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.
Print References
Barnes & McDunnough, 1918. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America, 4(2): 179. (4)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
Works Cited
1.A revision of the North American Comadia (Cossidae)
Richard M. Brown. 1975. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 14(4): 189-212.
2.Assessment of insects, especially moths (Lepidoptera), of the White Sands National Monument
Eric H. Metzler. 2011. Western National Parks Association.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.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.
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 25 June, 2013 - 7:57pm
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 4:49pm

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