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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Caradrinini » Athetiina » Proxenus » Proxenus mendosa - Hodges#9649 (Proxenus mendosa)

Species Proxenus mendosa - Hodges#9649

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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 Caradrinini
Subtribe Athetiina
Genus Proxenus
Species mendosa (Proxenus mendosa - Hodges#9649)
Hodges Number
9649
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Proxenus mendosa McDunnough, 1927
Athetismendosa (McDunnough, 1927)
Phylogenetic sequence # 932268
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed three species of the genus Proxenus in America north of Mexico. (1)
Size
Forewing length 11-13 mm. (2)
Range
British Columbia to Quebec, south to Wisconsin. (2), (3)
Season
The main flight period is May to September. (4)
Food
The host plant is unknown but possibly Salix (willow). (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (4)
Pacific Northwest Moths (2)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
Works Cited
1.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 .
2.Pacific Northwest Moths
3.Annotated list of Ontario Lepidoptera
J. C. E. Riotte. 1992. Royal Ontario Museum 1-208.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 30 September, 2013 - 2:37pm
Last updated 30 September, 2013 - 10:23pm

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