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Species Cecrita belfragei - Hodges#7988

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Heterocampa belfragei - Hodges #7988 - Cecrita belfragei - female Heterocampa belfragei - Hodges #7988 - Cecrita belfragei - male Unusual Heterocampa Moth - ID Request - Cecrita belfragei - female Unusual Heterocampa Moth - ID Request - Cecrita belfragei - female Hodges#7988 - Cecrita belfragei - female Heterocampa - Cecrita belfragei
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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 Notodontidae (Prominent Moths)
Subfamily Heterocampinae
Genus Cecrita
Species belfragei (Cecrita belfragei - Hodges#7988)

Hodges Number

7988

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cecrita belfragei (Grote, 1879)
Heterocampa belfragei Grote, 1879

Explanation of Names

Named in honor of collector Gustave W. Belfrage (1834-1882).
Cecrita belfragei (Grote, 1879), n. comb. in Miller et al. (2021)(1), was formerly placed in the genus Rifargira in Becker (2014)(2) who transferred it from Heterocampa.

Size

Grote (1879) reported a wingspan of 36 mm.

Range

NV, w. TX - Map (MPG) (3), also Edwards Co. (BG data)
Type locality: Clifton, Bosque Co., TX.

Season

The main flight period appears to be May to August. (3)

Remarks

Type locality: Clifton, Bosque County, Texas.

See Also

Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.(3)

Print References

Blanchard(4), A. 1971. Notes on three species of Heterocampa (Doubleday) with description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae). Proceedings of The Entomological Society of Washington 73: 252, figs. 9, 10, 15, 15a, 16. (5)
Grote, A. 1879. Identifications and descriptions of Noctuidae, with a new Heterocampa, and notes on Nemeopfila. The Canadian Entomologist 11: 209.
Neumoegen, B. & H.G. Dyar 1894. A preliminary revision of the lepidopterous family Notodontidae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 21: 206.
Packard, A.S. & T. Cockerell 1895. Monograph of the Bombycine Moths of North America. National Academy of Sciences. 250.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (3)
Augustus Radcliffe Grote

Works Cited

1.Noctuoidea, Notodontidae (Part 2, Conclusion): Heterocampinae, Nystaleinae, Dioptinae, Dicranurinae
Miller, J.S., D.L. Wagner, P.A. Opler & J.D. Lafontaine. 2021. The Moths of America north of Mexico, Fascicle 22.1B: 1-443.
2.Checklist of New World Notodontidae (Noctuoidea)
Becker, V.O. 2014. Lepidoptera Novae, 7(1): 1-40.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.André Blanchard (1896- 1986)
Roy O. Kendall. 1987. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 41(4): 219-237.
5.Notes on three species of Heterocampa (Doubleday) with description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae)
André Blanchard. 1971. Proceedings of The Entomological Society of Washington, 73: 249-254 .
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 27 June, 2013 - 9:00pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Steve Nanz, Mike Quinn, Randy Hardy
Last updated 20 March, 2022 - 8:39pm

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