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Species Phlyctaina irrigualis - Hodges#8392

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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 Herminiinae (Litter Moths)
Genus Phlyctaina
Species irrigualis (Phlyctaina irrigualis - Hodges#8392)
Hodges Number
8392
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Phlyctaina irrigualis Möschler, 1890
Phylogenetic sequence # 930546
Nodaria griseirena Hampson, 1898
Range
Florida
Type locality (irrigualis): Puerto Rico
Type locality (griseirena): St. Vincent; Grenada, Mt Gay, Balthazar
Print References
Hampson, G.F. 1898. XIV. The Moths of the Lesser Antilles. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 255; pl 17, fig. 13a-c. (Nodaria griseirena)
Möschler, H. B. 1890. Die Lepidopteren-Fauna der Insel Portorico. Abhandlungen herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft. 16: 229.
Schaus, W., 1916. A generic revision of the American moths of the subfamily Hypeninae, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum Vol 50, 305
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (1)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 13 July, 2013 - 3:31pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 22 April, 2019 - 4:52am

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