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Species Gloanna hecate - Hodges#9844.1

Gloanna hecate - Hodges #9844.1 - Gloanna hecate

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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 Bryophilinae

Genus Gloanna

Species hecate (Gloanna hecate - Hodges#9844.1)

Hodges Number

9844.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Gloanna hecate Blanchard(1) & Knudson, 1983 (2)

Phylogenetic sequence # 931625

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed two species of the genus Gloanna in America, north of Mexico. (3)

Size

Blanchard & Knudson (1983) reported the forewing length. (2)

♂ 12.7-14.5 mm. (n=3)

♀ 12.3-14.8 mm. (n=6)

Identification

Blanchard & Knudson (1983) description of the adult, including genitalia, is available in PDF. (2)

Range

Western Texas.

Holotype ♂ collected by E. Knudson, Sierra Diablo Wildlife Management Area, Culberson County, Texas, 11-VI-1982. (2)

Season

The adults have been recorded in June and September. (4), (2)

Food

Blanchard & Knudson (1983) did not mention a host plant. (2)

Print References

Blanchard(1), A. & E.C. Knudson, 1983. A new species of Gloanna Nye (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) from West Texas. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 85: 174, figs. 1-5. (2)

Lafontaine J.D., & B.C. Schmidt, 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 40: 55, 168, 208. (3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

Works Cited

1.	André Blanchard (1896- 1986) Roy O. Kendall. 1987. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 41(4): 219-237.

2.	A new species of Gloanna (Nye) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) from West Texas André Blanchard, Edward C. Knudson. 1983. Proceedings of The Entomological Society of Washington, 85: 174-176 .

3.	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 .

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 25 July, 2013 - 9:52pm
Last updated 25 July, 2013 - 11:37pm

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