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Species Acronicta rapidan - Hodges#9220

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 Acronictinae
Genus Acronicta (Dagger Moths)
Species rapidan (Acronicta rapidan - Hodges#9220)
Hodges Number
9220
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Acronicta rapidan (Dyar, 1912)
Phylogenetic sequence # 931437
Numbers
The genus Acronicta includes more than 73 species in America north of Mexico. (1)
Range
Texas. (2)
Season
The adults appear to be most common in March, May, September, and October. (3)
Print References
Notes on Acronicta rapidan (Dyar). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 61(6): 278.
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.Moths of Brackenridge Field Laboratory University of Texas at Austin
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 22 July, 2013 - 11:33pm

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