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Species Anarta obesula - Hodges#10231

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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 Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)
Tribe Hadenini
Genus Anarta
Species obesula (Anarta obesula - Hodges#10231)
Hodges Number
10231
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Anarta obesula (Smith, 1904)
Discestra obesula ortruda Smith, 1904
syn.
Anarta subalbida (Barnes & Benjamin, 1924) (1)
Phylogenetic sequence # 932836
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) included 19 species of the genus Anarta in America north of Mexico. (2)
Season
The adults are most common from May to August. (3)