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Species Gonodonta nitidimacula - Hodges#8542.3

Gonodonta nitidimacula - Hodges #8542.3 - Gonodonta nitidimacula
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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 Erebidae
Subfamily Calpinae (Fruit-piercing Moths)
Tribe Calpini
Genus Gonodonta
Species nitidimacula (Gonodonta nitidimacula - Hodges#8542.3)
Hodges Number
8542.3
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Gonodonta nitidimacula Guenée, 1852
Phylogenetic sequence # 930621
Numbers
There are nine species of the genus Gonodonta listed for America, north of Mexico. (1)
Size
Wingspan 34-36 mm. (2)
Range
Southern Texas.
Gonodonta nitidimacula was first recorded in Mission, Texas, 2009 by C. Bordelon. (1)
Print References
Walker, F., 1856. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, 7: 948.