Species Stibaera thyatiroides - Whaleback Moth - Hodges#9716

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Internet References · Works Cited

Stibaera thyatiroides 9716 - Stibaera thyatiroides

(Whaleback Moth) - Stibaera thyatiroides

Stibaera_thyatiroides-Madera-AZ - Stibaera thyatiroides

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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 Condicinae

Tribe Condicini

Genus Stibaera

Species thyatiroides (Whaleback Moth - Hodges#9716)

Hodges Number

9716

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Stibaera thyatiroides (Barnes & Benjamin, 1924)

Perigea thyatiroides Barnes & Benjamin, 1924

* phylogenetic sequence #932017

* previously placed in subfamily Amphipyrinae (Hodges, 1983; Poole, 1989) and Hadeninae (Kitching & Rawlins, 1999).

Size

Wingspan about 37-43 mm. (1), (2)

Identification

Adult: forewing ground color white with brown dappling in median area, and yellowish-brown shading beyond PM line; orbicular spot brown, round; reniform spot blackish, U-shaped; blackish patches along costa in basal, median, and subterminal areas; PM line curved, slightly irregular; terminal line composed of several large dark spots; hindwing light brown mixed with pale scales; diffuse dark discal spot; terminal line dark, thin; fringe pale; head brown; collar blackish; top of thorax pale with blackish line down center.

Range

Arizona.

Type location: Hereford, AZ.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - species page

Moths of Southeast Arizona - pinned adult image

Works Cited

1.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 6 October, 2006 - 9:00pm
Additional contributions by Ethan Kistler, Randy Hardy
Last updated 5 May, 2013 - 11:14am

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