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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Amphipyrinae » Psaphidini » Mossy Sallows (Feraliina) » Viridemas » Viridemas galena - Hodges#10023 (Viridemas galena)

Species Viridemas galena - Hodges#10023

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

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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 Amphipyrinae

Tribe Psaphidini

Subtribe Feraliina (Mossy Sallows)

Genus Viridemas

Species galena (Viridemas galena - Hodges#10023)

Hodges Number

10023

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Viridemas galena Smith, 1908

Phylogenetic sequence # 931571

Numbers

Viridemas galena is the only member of the genus in America north of Mexico. (1)

Size

Smith (1908) listed the wingspan as 29-33 mm.

Identification

Wagner, et al (2008, p. 50, figs. 37 a-b) illustrates the genitalia for tribe placement. (2)

Range

Southern Arizona and at least one record from Napa County, California; Mexico. (3), (3)

Habitat

Mountains of southern Arizona, oak grasslands. (4)

Season

July and August records. (5), (4)

Food

Poole (2013) reports the host plant and immature stages are unknown. (4)

See Also

Some members of the genus Psaphida are similar. (4)

Print References

Smith, 1908, New species and genera of the lepidopterous family Noctuidae for 1907. Part II. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 18: 93.

Wagner, (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (5)

Nearctica.com (4)

Moths of Southeastern Arizona (3)

Works Cited

1.	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 .

2.	Early stages of Miracavira brillians (Barnes) and reassignment of the genus to the Amphipyrinae: Psaphidini : ... David L. Wagner, J. Donald Lafontaine, Noel McFarland. 2008. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society, 62(1): 40–51.

3.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

4.	Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 5 August, 2013 - 11:58pm
Last updated 6 August, 2013 - 3:21pm

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