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Species Marilopteryx carancahua - Hodges#10633.1

Marilopteryx carancahua - Hodges #10633.1 - Marilopteryx carancahua - 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 Eriopygini
Genus Marilopteryx
Species carancahua (Marilopteryx carancahua - Hodges#10633.1)
Hodges Number
10633.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Marilopteryx carancahua Blanchard & Franclemont, 1982 (1)
Phylogenetic sequence # 933203
Numbers
The genus Marilopteryx includes two species in America, north of Mexico. (2), (2)
Size
Blanchard & Franclemont (1982) reported the wingspan. (1)
♂ 36.5-40.5 mm.
♀ 35.4-41.4 mm.
Range
Texas.
Holotype ♂ Deutchburg [near Carancahua Creek], Jackson County, Texas, 6 March 1975, A. & M.E. Blanchard. In the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. (1)
See Also
Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group. (3)
Print References
Blanchard, A. & J.G. Franclemont, 1982. Marilopteryx carancahua, a new genus and new species from east Texas (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Hadeninae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 84: 271; figs. 1-6. (1)
Lafontaine J.D. & B.C. Schmidt, 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys 40: 98, 168. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Works Cited
1.Marilopteryx carancahua, a new genus and new species from east Texas (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Hadeninae)
André Blanchard, John G. Franclemont. 1982. Proceedings of The Entomological Society of Washington, 84: 270-276.
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.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 3 August, 2013 - 11:53am

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