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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Heterocampinae » Heterocampa » Heterocampa amanda - Hodges#7992 (Heterocampa amanda)

Species Heterocampa amanda - Hodges#7992

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Season · 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 Notodontidae (Prominent Moths)

Subfamily Heterocampinae

Genus Heterocampa

Species amanda (Heterocampa amanda - Hodges#7992)

Hodges Number

7992

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Heterocampa amanda Barnes & Lindsey, 1921 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence # 930084 (2)

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 21 species of the genus Heterocampa in America north of Mexico. (2)

Size

Barnes & Lindsey, 1921) reported the wingspan as 35-45 mm. (1)

FWL ♂ = 17.0-18.5 mm; FWL ♀ = 19.0-20.0 mm. (3)

Range

Arizona.

Holotype ♂ Hualapai Mountains, Mohave County, Arizona, United States, "May" no year listed. (1)

Season

April, July to August.

See Also

Heterocampa averna is larger, FWL ♂ = 19.0-22.0 mm; FWL ♀ = 26.5-29.0 mm. (3)

Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group. (4)

Print References

Barnes, W. & A.W. Lindsey, 1921. A new species of Heterocampa (Lep., Notodontidae). Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 28: 130. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

Butterflies and Moths of North America (5)

Works Cited

1.	A new species of Heterocampa (Lep., Notodontidae) Wm. Barnes, A. W. Lindsey. 1921. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 28: 150-151.

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.	Noctuoidea, Notodontidae (Part 2, Conclusion): Heterocampinae, Nystaleinae, Dioptinae, Dicranurinae Miller, J.S., D.L. Wagner, P.A. Opler & J.D. Lafontaine. 2021. The Moths of America north of Mexico, Fascicle 22.1B: 1-443.

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	Butterflies of North America

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 25 August, 2013 - 8:48pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 26 March, 2022 - 3:36pm

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