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Species Apeplopoda mecrida - Hodges#8274.1

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Apeplopoda mecrida - Hodges #8274.1 - Apeplopoda mecrida - male
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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 Arctiinae (Tiger and Lichen Moths)
Tribe Arctiini (Tiger Moths)
Subtribe Euchromiina
Genus Apeplopoda
Species mecrida (Apeplopoda mecrida - Hodges#8274.1)
Hodges Number
8274.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Apeplopoda mecrida (Druce, 1889)
Gymnopoda mecrida Druce, 1889
syn. Mystrocneme dulcicordis Dyar, 1907
Phylogenetic sequence # 930450
Numbers
Apeplopoda mecrida is the only member of the genus listed for America, north of Mexico. (1), (2)
Identification
Adult description adapted from Druce (1889).
The forewings and hindwings are sooty black.
The head, tigulae, and base of the thorax are black.
The thorax and abdomen are scarlet red.
Antennae and legs are black.
Range
Southern Texas, Arizona to Central America. (3), (4), (5)
Habitat
The species occurs in areas of oaks, pines and various conifers. (2)
Season
The adults are most common from January, July and September to November. There are some records for every month. (2)
Moth Photographers Group has May, and September records for Arizona, and November records for Texas. (6)
Print References
Donahue, J.P., 1993. Six species of tiger moths (Arctiidae: Lithosiinae, Ctenuchinae) new to the United States fauna, with notes on their nomenclature and distribution in middle America, ournal of the Lepidopterists' Society 47(3): 200, fig. 2. (5)
Druce, H., 1889. XI. Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera, chiefly from Central America. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 84.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (6)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (3)
Moths of Southeastern Arizona (7)
Works Cited
1.Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.
Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .
2.Geographical distribution of Apeplopoda mecrida (Druce, 1889) (Eribidae: Arctiinae: Arctiini: Euchromiina) with ...
Fernando Hernández-Baz, Jorge M. González, Patricia Tamez-Guerra. 2012. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society, 66(4): 225–229.
3.Butterflies of North America
4.Revised checklist of the tiger moths of the Continental United States and Canada
B. Christian Schmidt & Paul A. Opler. 2008. Zootaxa 1677: 1–23.
5.Six species of tiger moths (Arctiidae: Lithosiinae, Ctenuchinae) new to the United States fauna, with notes on their ...
Julian P. Donahue. 1993. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 47(3): 199-210 .
6.North American Moth Photographers Group
7.Moths of Southeast Arizona
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 16 July, 2013 - 12:03pm
Last updated 17 July, 2013 - 7:50pm

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