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Species Matigramma adoceta - Hodges#8680.3

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 Erebinae
Tribe Omopterini
Genus Matigramma
Species adoceta (Matigramma adoceta - Hodges#8680.3)
Hodges Number
8680.3
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Matigramma adoceta Franclemont, 1986
Phylogenetic sequence # 931012
Size
Franclemont (1986) listed the forewing length as 17-19 mm.(1)
Range
Southern California, Arizona. (2)
Holotype ♂ collected Baboquivari Mountains, Pima County, Arizona,15-30 July 1924, O.C. Poling. USNM. (1)
Season
The flight period appears to be July to October. (2)
Franclemont (1986) collected specimens in June, July and October. (1)
Print References
Franclemont, J.G., 1986. New species and new genera of noctuids from Arizona, Texas, and Mexico: the genera Matigramma and Acritogramma (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Catocalinae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, 59: 143–172. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Works Cited
1.New species and new genera of noctuids from Arizona, Texas, and Mexico: the genera Matigramma and Acritogramma
John G. Franclemont. 1986. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 59(1): 143-172.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 6 November, 2013 - 7:37pm

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