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Species Dypterygia dolens - Hodges#9562

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Dypterygia dolens - Hodges #9562 - Dypterygia dolens - female Hodges#9562 - Dypterygia dolens Hodges#9562 - Dypterygia dolens - female Hodges#9562 - Dypterygia dolens moth - Dypterygia dolens moth - Dypterygia dolens
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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 Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)
Tribe Dypterygiini
Genus Dypterygia
Species dolens (Dypterygia dolens - Hodges#9562)

Hodges Number

9562

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Dypterygia dolens (Druce, 1909)
Macronoctua dolens Druce, 1909
syn. Iscadia daemonassa Dyar, 1910
Phylogenetic sequence # 932277

Size

Hampson (1910) reported a wingspan of 60 mm.

Range

Southern and western Texas.

Season

May and November records from Texas (Lepidopterists' Society season summaries).

Print References

Hampson, G.F., 1910. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum, 9; 496.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (1)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)

Works Cited

1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 23 July, 2013 - 1:36pm
Last updated 24 July, 2013 - 12:35am

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