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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) » Noctuini » Agrotina » Protogygia » Protogygia biclavis - Hodges#10899 (Protogygia biclavis)

Species Protogygia biclavis - Hodges#10899

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · See Also · 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 Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)
Tribe Noctuini
Subtribe Agrotina
Genus Protogygia
Species biclavis (Protogygia biclavis - Hodges#10899)
Hodges Number
10899
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Protogygia biclavis (Grote(1), 1879)
Agrotis biclavis Grote, 1879
Phylogenetic sequence # 933305
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 16 species of the genus Protogygia in America north of Mexico. (2)
Size
Wingspan averages 30-32 mm.
Grote (1879) listed a wingspan of 32 mm.
Identification
Grote (1879) original description as Agrotis biclavis is available online in print references.
Range
California to Utah and New Mexico. (3), (4),(5), (6)
Holotype from "Nevada", collected by Mr. Hy Edwards, #7168 in BNMH, London. (7)
Season
The main flight period appears to be February to June. (6)
See Also
Protogygia whitesandsensis has the dark streak from the basal area extending beyond the median area compared to ending in the antemedial area in P. biclavis. (8)
Metzler et al. (2009) has photo comparison in PDF. (8)
Print References
Grote, A.R., 1879. Art. XIII. - On Lithophane and new Noctuidae. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories. Department of the Interior, 206.
Lafontaine, J.D., 2004. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.1. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 197; pl. 1, figs 39-40. (9)
Metzler, E., Bustos, D. & G. Forbes, 2009. The Lepidoptera of White Sands National Monument, Otero County, New Mexico, USA 1. Two new species of Noctuidae (Lepidoptera, Noctuinae, Agrotini). ZooKeys 9: Special issue: 55; fig. 16. (8)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (6)
E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (10)
Moths of Southeastern Arizona (3)
Works Cited
1.Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)
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.Moths of Southeast Arizona
4.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
5.Survey of Utah Moth Species
6.North American Moth Photographers Group
7.Noctuidae; Lepidopterorum Catalogus (Lepidopterorum Catalogues New Series Fasc 118) Part 1 & 2)
Poole, R. W. 1989. CRC Press .
8.The Lepidoptera of White Sands National Monument, Otero County, New Mexico, USA 1. Two new species of ...
Eric Metzler, David Bustos, Gregory Forbes. 2009. ZooKeys 9: Special issue: 47-62.
9.The Moths of America North of Mexico, Noctuoidea, Noctuidae (Part), Noctuinae (Part-Agrotini), Fascicle 27.1
J. Donald Lafontaine. 2004. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
10.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 6 November, 2013 - 12:56pm
Last updated 5 February, 2014 - 9:48pm

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