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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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