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Species Trichordestra beanii - Hodges#10306

Trichordestra beanii - Hodges #10306 - Trichordestra beanii - male
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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 Hadenini
Genus Trichordestra
Species beanii (Trichordestra beanii - Hodges#10306)
Hodges Number
10306
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Trichordestra beanii (Grote(1), 1877)
Lacanobia beanii (Grote, 1877)
Mamestra beani Grote, 1877
Phylogenetic sequence #932888
Explanation of Names
Named in honor of Thomas Ebenezer Bean (1844-1931) who discovered the species. (2), (3)
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) included eight species of the genus Trichordestra in America north of Mexico. (4)
Size
Smith (1891) listed a wingspan of 40 mm. (5)
Range
Southeastern United States to Texas, Colorado and Illinois. (6), (5)
Season
September and October records. (6)
Print References
Grote, A.R., 1877. The Canadian Entomologist, 9: 87.
Smith, John B., 1891. Contributions toward a monograph of the Noctuidae of temperate North America. Revision of the species of Mamestra. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 14: 244. (5)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)
2.A brief history of lepidopterology in Illinois.
Roderick R. Irwin. 1972. Transactions of the Illinois Academy of Science 65: 45-49.
3.Entomologists of Alberta.
P.W. Riegert. 1989. The Entomological Society of Canada.
4.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 .
5.Contributions toward a monograph of the Noctuidae of temperate North America. Revision of the species of Mamestra.
John B Smith. 1891. Proceedings of The United States National Museum 14: 197-276 .
6.North American Moth Photographers Group