Species Itomia opistographa - Hodges#8555.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Range · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Itomia opistographa - Hodges #8555.1 - Itomia opistographa - male

Itomia opistographa from Lower Rio Grande Valley - Itomia opistographa

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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 Erebinae

Tribe Omopterini

Genus Itomia

Species opistographa (Itomia opistographa - Hodges#8555.1)

Hodges Number

8555.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Itomia opistographa Guenée, 1852

Phylogenetic sequence # 930978

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed Itomia opistographa as the only member of the genus in America north of Mexico. (1)

Identification

Range

Southern Texas, Mexico to Central America.

First reported in Texas in 1997 by Knudson and Bordelon (2002). (2),(1)

Holotype ♂ , Baie de Honduras, Honduras.

Season

The adults have been recorded in May, July, September to December in Texas.

Print References

Guenée, 1852. Hist. Nat. Ins. 7: 212, pl.23, fig.4.

Lafontaine, D.J. & B.C. Schmidt, 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys 40: 37, 127. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

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.	Illustrated Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, Vol. 2B: Macro-Moths Ed Knudson & Charles Bordelon. 2004. Texas Lepidoptera Survey, Houston. xiv + 59 pp. 20 plates.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 20 July, 2013 - 12:19am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 20 October, 2013 - 8:20pm

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