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Species Aleptina arenaria - Hodges#9072.2

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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 Condicinae

Genus Aleptina

Species arenaria (Aleptina arenaria - Hodges#9072.2)

Hodges Number

9072.2

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Aleptina arenaria Metzler & Forbes, 2011 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence # 931636.1 (2)

Explanation of Names

Metzler & Forbes (2011) stated "Gypsum sand is the substrate of the white dune field at White Sands National Monument. Arena means sand in Latin. The Latin suffix -aria means connected with something. The specific epithet of this species, arenaria, a singular adjective, calls attention to the specialized sandy habitat where Aleptina arenaria was discovered." (1)

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) included five species of the genus Aleptina in America north of Mexico. (3)

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2011) added Aleptina arenaria. (2)

Size

Metzler & Forbes (2011) reported the forewing length.

♂ 10 mm. (1)

♀ 10 mm. (1)

Range

New Mexico.

Holotype ♂, New Mexico, Otero County, White Sands National Monument, 17-V-2010, Eric H. Metzler, USNM (United States National Museum). (1)

Habitat

Sand dunes. (1)

Season

The adults are most commonly seen in the months of May to September. (4), (1)

Remarks

more information soon

Print References

Lafontaine, J.D. & B.C. Schmidt, 2011. Additions and corrections to the checklist of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys 149: pp. 148, 153; figs. Figs 1, 2, 11-14, 17, 18. (2)

Metzler, E.H. & G.S. Forbes, 2011. The Lepidoptera of White Sands National Monument, Otero County, New Mexico, USA 3. A new species of Aleptina Dyar, 1902 (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Amphipyrinae, Psaphidini). ZooKeys 149: pp. 125–133. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

Works Cited

1.	The Lepidoptera of White Sands National Monument, Otero County, New Mexico, USA 3. A new species of ... Eric H. Metzler, Gregory S. Forbes. 2011. ZooKeys, 149: 125–133,.

2.	Additions and corrections to the checklist of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico J. Donald Lafontaine & B. Christian Schmidt. 2011. Zookeys, 149.1805.

3.	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 .

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 8 September, 2013 - 8:28am
Last updated 8 September, 2013 - 10:03am

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