Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Tripudia chihuahua Blanchard & Knudson, 1984
(1) Explanation of Names
The species is named for the collection region, Chihuahuan Desert.
(1)Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed fifteen species of the genus
Tripudia in America north of Mexico.
(2)
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2013) added one species.
(3)Size
Blanchard & Knudson (1984) reported the forewing length.
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♂ 6.8-8.5 mm. (n=20)
♀ 6.8-8.7 mm. (n=20)
Range
Western Texas, New Mexico.
Holotype ♂, Chihuahuan Desert, near Nugent Mountain, Big Bend National Park, Brewster County, Texas, 8-X-1969, A & M.E. Blanchard.
Season
The main flight period appears to be May to September.
(4)Print References
Blanchard, A. & E.C. Knudson, 1984. A new species of
Tripudia Grote (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) from Western Texas.
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 86:
639; figs. 1-9.
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