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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Eulepidotinae » Goniocarsia » Goniocarsia electrica - Hodges#8580 (Goniocarsia electrica)

Species Goniocarsia electrica - Hodges#8580

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Goniocarsia electrica - Hodges #8580 - Goniocarsia electrica - male Texas SE Gulf Coast - Goniocarsia electrica Texas SE Gulf Coast - Goniocarsia electrica
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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 Eulepidotinae
Genus Goniocarsia
Species electrica (Goniocarsia electrica - Hodges#8580)
Hodges Number
8580
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Goniocarsia electrica (Schaus, 1894)
Thermesia electrica Schaus, 1894
Phylogenetic sequence # 931080 (1)
Numbers
Goniocarsia electrica is the only member of the genus listed for America, north of Mexico. (2), (1)
Size
Schaus (1894) reported a wingspan of 38 mm.
Identification
Blanchard & Knudson (1985) noted the adults are medium brown with a violet tinge, and highly variable. Postmedial line nearly white. (3)
Range
Western and southern Texas; Mexico. (3)
Green Gulch, Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas, 7-X-66, 1 female, collected A. & M.E. Blanchard, Det. E. Todd. (3)
Mission, Hidalgo County, Texas 22-XI-2009, Charles W. Bordelon, Jr.
Season
October to November records for Texas.
Food
Schaus (1894), Blanchard & Knudson (1985) did not describe immature stages or mention host plant. (3)
Print References
Blanchard, A. & E.C. Knudson, 1985. New U.S. records and other interesting moths from Texas. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 39(1): 4, fig. 14. (3)
Schaus, W., 1894. New species of Noctuidae from tropical America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 21: 244.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (4)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
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.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
3.New U.S. records and other interesting moths from Texas
André Blanchard, Edward C. Knudson. 1985. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 39(1): 1-8.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 18 July, 2013 - 1:42am
Last updated 19 July, 2013 - 9:56am

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