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Species Lacinipolia stenotis - Hodges#10382

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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 Eriopygini
Genus Lacinipolia
Species stenotis (Lacinipolia stenotis - Hodges#10382)
Hodges Number
10382
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Lacinipolia stenotis (Hampson, 1905)
Polia stenotis Hampson, 1905
Phylogenetic sequence # 933030 (1)
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) included 64 species of the genus Lacinipolia in America north of Mexico.(1)
Size
Forewing length 11-14 mm. (2)
Hampson (1905) reported a wingspan of 34 mm.
Identification
Specimen identified by DNA analysis (BOLD). (3)
Range
Western Texas to California and British Columbia. (4), (5), (6), (7)
California, Nevada, Utah (8)
Season
Fall - late August to early October (2)
Food
The larval host plant is unknown. (2)
See Also
Lacinipolia vittula is a southern Great Plains species (2)
Print References
Hampson, G.F., 1905. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum, 5: 168.