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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Oncocnemidinae » Sympistis » Sympistis apis - Hodges#10102.1 (Sympistis apis)

Species Sympistis apis - Hodges#10102.1

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

Sympistis apis, Hodges 10102.1 ? - Sympistis apis

10102.1 - Sympistis apis? - Sympistis apis

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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 Oncocnemidinae

Genus Sympistis

Species apis (Sympistis apis - Hodges#10102.1)

Hodges Number

10102.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Sympistis apis Troubridge, 2008 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence # 931902 (2)

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 176 species of the genus Sympistis in America north of Mexico. (2)

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2013) reinstated one species. (3)

Size

Wingspan 26-32 mm.

Range

Texas.

Season

The main flight period is September to October.

See Also

Sympistis pernotata

Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group. (4)

Print References

Lafontaine J.D. & B.C. Schmidt 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys 40: 59-64. (2)

Lafontaine, J.D. & BC. Schmidt 2013. Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys 264: 230, 234. (3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

Barcode of Life (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	A generic realignment of the Oncocnemidini [sensu] (Hodges, 1983) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Oncocnemidinae), ..... J. T. Troubridge. 2008. Zootaxa 1903: 1-95.

2.	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 .

3.	Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. J. Donald Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt . 2013. ZooKeys 264: 227-236.

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 27 July, 2013 - 11:39am
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 20 April, 2023 - 6:57pm

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