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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Pantheinae » Semixanthia » Charadra franclemonti - Hodges#9188 (Semixanthia franclemonti)

Species Semixanthia franclemonti - Charadra franclemonti - Hodges#9188

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

possible Charadra franclemonti - Semixanthia franclemonti

Charadra franclemonti 9188 or Charadra tapa 9188.1? - Semixanthia franclemonti

Charadra franclemonti - Semixanthia franclemonti - female

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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 Pantheinae

Genus Semixanthia

Species franclemonti (Charadra franclemonti - Hodges#9188)

Hodges Number

9188

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Semixanthia franclemonti (Anweiler & Schmidt, 2010) (1)

Charadra franclemonti Anweiler & Schmidt, 2010 (2)

Phylogenetic sequence # 931404

Explanation of Names

Schmidt & Anweiler (2010) stated "We name this species after the late John G. Franclemont who collected and reared this species and recognized that there were two distinct species in southern Arizona." (2)

Size

Schmidt & Anweiler (2010) reported the forewing length. (2)

♂ averages 18 mm.

♀ averages 19 mm.

Range

Arizona, New Mexico; Mexico.

Holotype ♂, Arizona, Cochise County, Pinery Canyon campground, 5-VIII-08, C. Schmidt & B. Walsh. (2)

Habitat

Dry oak woodlands. (2)

Season

Schmidt & Anweiler (2010) reported mid-July to August. (2)

Food

Quercus gambelii Nuttal (Gambel oak). (2)

Print References

Schmidt, C. & G. Anweiler, 2010. The North American species of Charadra (Walker), with a revision of the Charadra pata (Druce) group (Noctuidae, Pantheinae). in Contributions to the Systematics of New World Macro-Moths II. ZooKeys 39: 166; figs 5, 6, 23, 30. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Works Cited

1.	Noctuoidea Noctuidae (Part) Pantheinae, Raphiinae, Balsinae, Acronictinae Schmidt, B.C. & G.G. Anweiler. 2020. The Moths of North America.

2.	The North American species of Charadra (Walker), with a revision of the Charadra pata (Druce) group (Noctuidae, Pantheinae) Christian Schmidt, Gary Anweiler . 2010. ZooKeys 39: 161-181.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 5 August, 2013 - 8:51pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 28 March, 2020 - 1:44pm

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