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Species Lacinipolia aileenae - Hodges#10406.6

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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 Eriopygini

Genus Lacinipolia

Species aileenae (Lacinipolia aileenae - Hodges#10406.6)

Hodges Number

10406.6

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Lacinipolia aileenae Selman & Leuschner, 2001 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence # 933059

Explanation of Names

The species is named in honor of Charles L. Selman's mother who supported him morally and financially through eight years of college. (1)

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) included 64 species of the genus Lacinipolia in America north of Mexico.(2)

Size

The wingspan averages 27-34 mm. (3)

Selman & Leuschner (2001) did not specify the forewing length. (1)

Identification

Selman & Leuschner (2001) description is available in PDF. (1)

The horizontal black bar near the tornus will distinguish Lacinipolia aileenae from all other North American species in the genus. (1)

Range

Selman & Leuschner (2001) listed the species as restricted to Arizona. (1)

Moth Photographers Group expands the range to New Mexico. (3)

Season

The adults are most common from April to June. (3), (1)

Food

Selman & Leuschner (2001) did not mention the larval host plant. (1)

Print References

Selman & Leuschner, 2001. Nine new species of Lacinipolia (Noctuidae) from Arizona, California and vicinity. The Taxonomic report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 2(8): 3, fig. 2. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Moths of Southeastern Arizona (5)

Works Cited

1.	Nine new species of Lacinipolia (Noctuidae) from Arizona, California and vicinity. Charles L. Selman & Ron Leuschner. 2001. The Taxonomic report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 2 (8).

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.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

5.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 25 June, 2013 - 8:48pm
Last updated 13 August, 2013 - 8:17am

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