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Species Rifargia benitensis - Hodges#7987

Heterocampa benitensis - Rifargia benitensis

Rifargia benitensis? - Rifargia benitensis

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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 Notodontidae (Prominent Moths)

Subfamily Heterocampinae

Genus Rifargia

Species benitensis (Rifargia benitensis - Hodges#7987)

Hodges Number

7987

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Rifargia benitensis Blanchard, 1971

Heterocampa benitensis Blanchard(1), 1971 (2)

Phylogenetic sequence # 930079(3)

Explanation of Names

Blanchard examined specimens collected near San Benito, Texas.

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 21 species of the genus Heterocampa in America north of Mexico. (3)

Size

Blanchard (1971) listed the wingspan as 29-33 mm. (2)

Range

s TX (and southern Arizona?) - Map (MPG)

Remarks

Holotype ♂, Brownsville, Texas, 8-VIII-1967, A. & M.E. Blanchard, #64647 in USNM.

Print References

Blanchard, A., 1971. Notes on three species of Heterocampa Doubleday with description of a new species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 73(3): 249. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (4)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Works Cited

1.	André Blanchard (1896- 1986) Roy O. Kendall. 1987. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 41(4): 219-237.

2.	Notes on three species of Heterocampa (Doubleday) with description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Notodontidae) André Blanchard. 1971. Proceedings of The Entomological Society of Washington, 73: 249-254 .

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

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 17 September, 2013 - 8:55am
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Mike Quinn
Last updated 23 March, 2022 - 2:13pm

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