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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 » Nocloina » Nocloa » Nocloa aliaga - Hodges#9800 (Nocloa aliaga)

Species Nocloa aliaga - Hodges#9800

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · 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 Nocloina

Genus Nocloa

Species aliaga (Nocloa aliaga - Hodges#9800)

Hodges Number

9800

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

"Nocloa" aliaga (Barnes, 1905)

Stiria aliaga Barnes, 1905

Phylogenetic sequence # 931584

Explanation of Names

This species is currently placed in Nocloa, but does not belong there. It requires a new genus according to Robert Poole. (1)

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed nine species of the genus Nocloa in America north of Mexico. (2)

Size

Barnes (1905) reported a wingspan of 30 mm.

Identification

Range

Poole reports Nocloa aliaga is known from southeastern and south-central Arizona, and northern Mexico. (1)

Season

Poole reports he has collected adults in July and August. (1)

Food

Poole reports the larval host plant and immature stages are unknown. (1)

See Also

Nocloa aliaga is unlikely to be confused with other Noctuidae north of Mexico.

Print References

Barnes, William, 1905. New species of North American Lepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist, 37: 213.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com) (1)

Works Cited

1.	Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)

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 13 August, 2013 - 5:53pm
Additional contributions by Kyhl Austin
Last updated 8 January, 2017 - 7:12pm

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