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Species Protogygia enalaga - Hodges#10893

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Protogygia enalaga - Hodges #10893 - Protogygia enalaga
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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 enalaga (Protogygia enalaga - Hodges#10893)

Hodges Number

10893

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Protogygia enalaga McDunnough, 1932
Phylogenetic sequence # 933292

Size

Forewing length 17-20 mm. (1)

Identification

Determined by Chuck Harp.

Season

The flight period averages April to September with June the peak. (2)

Print References

Lafontaine, J.D., 2004. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.1. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.: p. 185; pl. I.4-6. (3)

Internet References

Pacific Northwest Moths (1)
Moth Photographers Group (2)
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Works Cited

1.Pacific Northwest Moths
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.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.
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 19 November, 2013 - 3:02pm
Last updated 20 November, 2013 - 5:23pm

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