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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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