Species Bagisara pacifica - Hodges#9170

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

Bagisara pacifica - Hodges #9170 - Bagisara pacifica - female

Bagisara pacifica - Hodges #9170 ????? - Bagisara pacifica

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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 Bagisarinae

Genus Bagisara

Species pacifica (Bagisara pacifica - Hodges#9170)

Hodges Number

9170

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Bagisara pacifica Schaus, 1911

Phylogenetic sequence # 931242 (1)

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed twelve species of the genus Bagisara in America north of Mexico. (1)

Size

Schaus (1911) listed a wingspan of 31 mm.

Identification

Schaus (1911) original description is online in print references.48

*The subterminal line curved at costa and straight to tornus.

Range

Southern Texas to Central America. (2)

Holotype from Avangarez, Costa Rica.

See Also

9168 B. repanda - Forewing st. line typically meets the inner margin slightly before the anal angle. See distribution. "Male foretibia and forefemur with large, dense, black-tipped scale tufts; outer margin of forewing slightly angulate." (Ferguson, 1997).

9169 B. rectifascia - Forewing st. line typically meets the inner margin at the anal angle. See distribution. "Male foretibia and forefemur without large scale tufts; outer margin of forewing not angulate." (Ferguson, 1997).

9170 B. pacifica - Forewing st. line typically meets the inner margin at the anal angle. See distribution. May require dissection in Texas where rectifascia is also present. "Male foretibia and forefemur without large scale tufts; outer margin of forewing not angulate." (Ferguson, 1997).

Print References

Schaus, W., 1911. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7: 48.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

The 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.	Review of the new world Bagisarinae with description of two new species from the southern United States (Noctuidae) Douglas C. Ferguson. 1997. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 51: 344-357.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 22 July, 2013 - 10:42pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 27 June, 2020 - 4:33pm

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