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Species Ptychoglene coccinea - Hodges#8079

Ptychoglene coccinea? - Ptychoglene coccinea

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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 Lithosiini (Lichen Moths)

Subtribe Cisthenina

Genus Ptychoglene

Species coccinea (Ptychoglene coccinea - Hodges#8079)

Hodges Number

8079

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ptychoglene coccinea (Hy. Edwards, 1886)

Lycomorpha coccinea Hy. Edwards, 1886

Phylogenetic sequence # 930208

Identification

Range

Arizona.

Season

Adults are most common from June to September. (1)

Food

The larval host plant is uncertain.

Print References

Dyar, H.G. 1898. New American moths and synonymical notes. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 6(1): 34, 39, 40. (2)

Hampson, G.F. 1914. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum, Supplement 1: 547.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (1)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Moths of Southeastern Arizona (4)

Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (5)

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	New American moths and synonymical notes Harrison G. Dyar. 1898. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 6(1): 33-44.

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

4.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

5.	Butterflies of North America

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 25 June, 2013 - 8:46pm
Last updated 28 June, 2013 - 11:22pm

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