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Species Euaontia clarki - Hodges#8568

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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 Erebidae
Subfamily Boletobiinae
Tribe Phytometrini
Genus Euaontia
Species clarki (Euaontia clarki - Hodges#8568)
Hodges Number
8568
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Euaontia clarki Barnes & McDunnough (1), 1916
Phylogenetic sequence # 930742 (2)
Size
Barnes & McDunnough (1916) listed a wingspan of 20 mm.
Identification
Sexually dimorphic.
Range
California, Nevada, Arizona
Holotype from Palm Springs, Riverside County, California.
Season
The main flight period appears to be March to August. (3)
Print References
Barnes, W. & McDunnough, J.H. 1916. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America . p. 16; plate 3, fig. 13.
Powell, J.A. 1978. Survey of Lepidoptera inhabiting three dune systems in the California Desert. Bureau of Land Management, California Desert District Office. Table 1. (4)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
Works Cited
1.James Halliday McDunnough (1877 -1962) A biographical obituary and bibliography
Douglas C. Ferguson . 1962. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 16(4): 209-228.
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.North American Moth Photographers Group
4. Survey of Lepidoptera inhabiting three dune systems in the California Desert.
J. A. Powell. 1978. U. S. Bureau of Land Management .
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 13 January, 2014 - 12:17pm
Last updated 5 April, 2014 - 12:39am

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