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Species Neoilliberis kendalli - Hodges#4634.1

Neoilliberis kendalli - Hodges# 4634.1 - Neoilliberis kendalli - male
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Zygaenoidea (Flannel, Slug Caterpillar, Leaf Skeletonizer Moths and kin)
Family Zygaenidae (Leaf Skeletonizer Moths)
Subfamily Procridinae
Genus Neoilliberis
Species kendalli (Neoilliberis kendalli - Hodges#4634.1)
Hodges Number
4634.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Neoilliberis kendalli Tarmann, 1984
Numbers
There are four species of the genus Neoilliberis listed for America, north of Mexico. (1), (2)
Season
Bordelon & Knudson (2000) reported adults in April in central Texas.
Food
Bordelon & Knudson (2000) reported adults nectaring on Phacelia (Hydrophyllaceae).
See Also
Neoprocris prunivora has a metallic sheen.
Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group (2)
Print References
Bordelon, C. & E. Knudson, 2000. New Records of Lepidoptera from Texas and the U.S., and illustrations of other interesting species. News of the Lepidopterists' Society, 42(1): 3, plate 2, fig. 2. PDF
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Works Cited
1.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 8 July, 2013 - 12:18am
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 3:53pm

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