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Species Baniana minor - Hodges#8590.1

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moth - Baniana minor Moth - Baniana minor Baniana minor - female
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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 Erebidae
Subfamily Anobinae
Genus Baniana
Species minor (Baniana minor - Hodges#8590.1)

Hodges Number

8590.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Baniana minor Lafontaine & Walsh, 2010 (1)

Explanation of Names

Lafontaine & Walsh (2010) stated "The species name minor refers to the small size of this species of Baniana."

Numbers

Baniana minor is the only member of the genus in America north of Mexico. (2)

Size

Lafontaine & Walsh (2010) reported the forewing length as 8-9 mm. (1)

Identification

Range

Southern Arizona to Central America.
Holotype ♂, Arizona, Santa Cruz County, 4900’, Patagonia Mountains, Harshaw, UV/MV light, oak/mesquite grassland habitat, 29-VIII-2006, B. Walsh leg. (1)

Habitat

Lafontaine & Walsh (2010) described the habitat as woodland/grassland scrub. (1)

Season

Lafontaine & Walsh (2010) reported mid-July to late August in Arizona. (1)

Food

Lafontaine & Walsh (2010) did not mention a host plant. (1)

Print References

Lafontaine J.D. & B.C. Schmidt, 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys 40: 30, 125, 177, 191, 217 (2)
Lafontaine, J.D. & B. Walsh, 2010. A review of the subfamily Anobinae with the description of a new species of Baniana Walker from North and Central America (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Anobinae). Zookeys 39: 7; figs. 4–6, 11, 13. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Works Cited

1.A review of the subfamily Anobinae with the description of a new species of Baniana Walker from North and Central ...
Donald Lafontaine, Bruce Walsh. 2010. ZooKeys, 39: 3-11.
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
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 1 September, 2013 - 11:33am
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 11:48am

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