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Species Anomis texana - Hodges#8550

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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 Erebidae
Subfamily Scoliopteryginae
Tribe Anomini
Genus Anomis
Species texana (Anomis texana - Hodges#8550)
Hodges Number
8550
Other Common Names
Cotton semi-looper moth
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Anomis texana Riley, 1885
Synonyms
Anomis fuscostigma Cockerell, 1889
Anomis albostigma Cockerell, 1889
Phylogenetic sequence # 930607 (1)
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed nine species of the genus Anomis in America north of Mexico. (1)
Identification
Range
Heppner (2003) listed the range to include southern Florida to Texas(2). (3)
Mexico.
Season
October. (4)
Food
Heppner (2003) listed Gossypium herbaceum L. (levant cotton). (3)
Print References
Riley, 1885. 4th Rept. Ent. Comm., 350.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (4)
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.Illustrated Checklist of the Lepidoptera of the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas, Vol. 2B: Macro-Moths
Ed Knudson & Charles Bordelon. 2004. Texas Lepidoptera Survey, Houston. xiv + 59 pp. 20 plates.
3.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 29 October, 2013 - 12:35pm
Last updated 29 October, 2013 - 3:40pm

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