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Species Aleptina junctimacula - Hodges#9071.1

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Aleptina junctimacula - Hodges #9071.1 - Aleptina junctimacula - male Oxycnemis ? - Aleptina junctimacula Aleptina junctimacula Aleptina junctimacula Aleptina junctimacula
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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 Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Condicinae
Genus Aleptina
Species junctimacula (Aleptina junctimacula - Hodges#9071.1)

Hodges Number

9071.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Aleptina junctimacula Blanchard(1), 1984 (2)
Phylogenetic sequence # 931634

Size

Todd, Blanchard, & Poole (1984) did not specify a wing length. (2)

Range

Western Texas.
Holotype ♂, Dugout Wells, Big Bend National Park, Texas, 29-VIII-1965, A. & M.E. Blanchard. (2)

Food

Blanchard (1984) reported the host plant is unknown. (2)

See Also

Some Oxycnemis species are similar.

Print References

Todd, E.L., Blanchard, A., & Poole, R.W., 1984. A revision of the genus Aleptina (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 86: 954, figs. 9-12. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)
Barcoding Life

Works Cited

1.André Blanchard (1896- 1986)
Roy O. Kendall. 1987. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 41(4): 219-237.
2.A revision of the genus Aleptina (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
E. L. Todd, A. Blanchard, R. W. Poole. 1984. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 86: 951-960.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 22 July, 2013 - 12:38am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 11 June, 2015 - 2:17pm

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