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Species Apsaphida eremna - Hodges#10022

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Unid. Noctuid - Apsaphida eremna Apsaphida eremna Owlet Moth - Apsaphida eremna Noctuid - Apsaphida eremna Apsaphida eremna - female Apsaphida eremna - female Apsaphida eremna larva Day 6 - Apsaphida eremna Apsaphida eremna larva Day 19 - Apsaphida eremna Noctuid - Apsaphida eremna
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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 Apsaphida
Species eremna (Apsaphida eremna - Hodges#10022)

Hodges Number

10022

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Apsaphida eremna Franclemont, 1973
Phylogenetic sequence # 931570

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed Apsaphida eremna as the only member of the genus in America north of Mexico. (1)

Identification

Franclemont (1973) described the adult, larva, and genitalia. The description can be viewed online in the print references below.

Range

Arizona.
Paratype ♂ Madera Canyon 5,600', Santa Rita Mountains, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, 29-VI-1969, J.G. Franclemont

Season

The adults appear to be most common in the months of January, March, July and August. (2)

Food

Larvae reared on the following oak species.
Quercus arizonica Sargent (Arizona white oak)
Quercus hypoleucoidea A. Canus. (silverleaf oak)

See Also

Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group. (2)

Print References

Franclemont, John G., 1973. A new Noctuid from Arizona (Lepidoptera: Nctuidae: Cuculliinae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 75: 173; figs. 1-9.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (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.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 24 August, 2013 - 1:18am
Last updated 24 August, 2013 - 1:13pm

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