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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Stiriinae » Stiriini » Chalcopasta » Chalcopasta acema - Hodges#9778 (Chalcopasta acema)

Species Chalcopasta acema - Hodges#9778

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · 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 Stiriinae
Tribe Stiriini
Genus Chalcopasta
Species acema (Chalcopasta acema - Hodges#9778)
Hodges Number
9778
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Chalcopasta acema (Druce, 1889)
Plusia acema Druce, 1889
Phylogenetic sequence # 931698
Size
Forewing length averages 13.5 mm.(1)
Range
Arizona; Mexico. (2)
Season
Adults have been collected in July and August. (2), (1)
Print References
Druce, 1889. in Godman and Salvin, Biologia Centrali Americana, Insecta, Lepidoptera Heterocera, 1:330, pl. 30, fig. 14.
Hampson, G.F., 1910. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalænæ in the British Museum, 9: 220.
Poole, R. W., 1995. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 26.1. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 148; pl. 4.45. (3)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com) (1)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Works Cited
1.Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 26.1. Noctuoidea, Noctuidae: Cuculliinae, Stiriinae, Psaphidinae.
Robert W. Poole. 1995. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 6 November, 2013 - 6:24pm

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