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Species Comadia manfredi - Hodges#2688

Comadia manfredi - Hodges #2688 - Comadia manfredi

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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 manfredi (Comadia manfredi - Hodges#2688)

Hodges Number

2688

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Comadia manfredi (Neumoegen, 1884)

Hypopta manfredi Neumoegen, 1884

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet for Manfred Neumoegen.

Numbers

Size

Neumoegen (1883) listed the wingspan as 30 mm.

Range

Western Texas to Arizona.

Holotype ♂ collected in southwest Arizona, United States.

Season

Adults are most common from April to August.

Print References

Barnes, W. & J.H. McDunnough, 1911. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America, 1:

plate 5, fig. 4.

Brown, R.M., 1975. A revision of the North American Comadia (Cossidae. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 14(4): 209, fig. 12. (2)

Neumoegen, B. 1883. Descriptions of interesting new species of Heterocera from all parts of out continent. Papilio, 3: 139.

Neumoegen, B. & H.G. Dyar, 1894. Preliminary Revision of the Bombyces of America North of Mexico (Continued). Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 2: 164. (3).

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (1)

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	A revision of the North American Comadia (Cossidae) Richard M. Brown. 1975. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 14(4): 189-212.

3.	A preliminary revision of the Bombyces of America north of Mexico B. Neumoegen, Harrison G. Dyar. 1893. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 3(3): 97-208.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 6 July, 2013 - 12:04am
Last updated 26 April, 2014 - 3:27pm

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