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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Stiriinae » Stiriini » Stiria » Stiria satana - Hodges#9787.1 (Stiria satana)

Species Stiria satana - Hodges#9787.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Season · Food · 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 Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Subfamily Stiriinae

Tribe Stiriini

Genus Stiria

Species satana (Stiria satana - Hodges#9787.1)

Hodges Number

9787.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Stiria satana Poole, 1995 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence # 931693

Numbers

There are seven named species of Stiria in America north of Mexico. (2)

Size

Poole (1995) reported the forewing length as 15.82 mm., standard deviation = 2.31 mm., n = 2. (3)

Range

Arizona. (1)

Holotype ♂ labeled "Arizona", collected "September". (3)

Season

The adults are most common during the months of August and September. (4)

Food

Poole (1995) stated the larval host plant and immature stages were unknown. (1)

Print References

Poole, R.W., 1995. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 26.1: p. 143; pl. 4.38. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com) (3)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Works Cited

1.	The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 26.1. Noctuoidea, Noctuidae: Cuculliinae, Stiriinae, Psaphidinae. Robert W. Poole. 1995. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

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.	Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 9 September, 2013 - 12:23am
Last updated 9 September, 2013 - 1:25am

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