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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Oncocnemidinae » Sympistis » Sympistis regina - Hodges#10073 (Sympistis regina)

Species Sympistis regina - Hodges#10073

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Sympistis regina - Hodges #10073 - Sympistis regina
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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 Oncocnemidinae
Genus Sympistis
Species regina (Sympistis regina - Hodges#10073)
Hodges Number
10073
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Sympistis regina (Smith, 1902)
Oncocnemis regina Smith, 1902 (1)
Phylogenetic sequence # 931863 (2)
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 176 species of the genus Sympistis in America north of Mexico. (2)
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2013) reinstated one species. (3)
Size
Smith (1902) listed a wingspan of 28 mm. (1)
Identification
Smith (1902) original description in PDF. (1)
Season
The main flight period appears to be August to October.
See Also
Pacific Northwest Moths website mentions Sympistis hayesi and S. regina might be a regional forms of the same species.
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) DNA barcode data indicates two distinct species. (4)
Print References
Lafontaine J.D. & B.C. Schmidt 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys 40: 59-64. (2)
Lafontaine, J.D. & BC. Schmidt 2013. Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. ZooKeys 264: 230, 234. (3)
Smith, J.B. 1902. New Species of Noctuidae for 1902. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 10. 44. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (5)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Works Cited
1.New species of Noctuidae for 1902
John B Smith. 1902. Journal of The New York Entomological Society, 10: 33-53.
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.Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.
J. Donald Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt . 2013. ZooKeys 264: 227-236.
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 11 December, 2013 - 3:48pm
Last updated 12 December, 2013 - 7:55am

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