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Species Cobalos angelicus - Hodges#9423

Moth - Cobalos angelicus possibly #9423 - Cobalos angelicus - Cobalos angelicus Owlet moth in So. California; possibly specimen of Cobalos angelicus? - Cobalos angelicus Unknown noctuid moth in Southern California - Cobalos angelicus Unknown noctuid moth in Southern California - Cobalos angelicus
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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 Apameini
Genus Cobalos
Species angelicus (Cobalos angelicus - Hodges#9423)
Hodges Number
9423
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Cobalos angelicus Smith, 1899
Phylogenetic sequence # 932407 (1)
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 2 species of the genus Cobalos in America north of Mexico. (1)
Size
Smith (1899) listed the wingspan as 32-35 mm. (2)
Range
California (3)
Holotype collected in Los Angeles, Caifornia. (2)
Season
May to July. (3)
Print References
Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, plate 53, fig. 25; p. 296. (4)
Smith, J.B., 1899. New noctuids and notes. Journal of The New York Entomological Society, 7(4): 223. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
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.New Noctuids and notes
John B. Smith. 1899. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 7(4): 223-234.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 6 November, 2013 - 9:02pm
Last updated 22 November, 2013 - 7:56am

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