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Species Phoenicophanta modestula - Hodges#9029

Representative Images

brown moth with 2 yellow lines - Phoenicophanta modestula Arizona Moth - Phoenicophanta modestula Unidentified Moth - Phoenicophanta modestula Unidentified Moth - Phoenicophanta modestula Vail moth unknown 4 - Phoenicophanta modestula Vail moth unknown 4 - Phoenicophanta modestula Phoenicophanta modestula Phoenicophanta modestula
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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 Eustrotiinae
Genus Phoenicophanta
Species modestula (Phoenicophanta modestula - Hodges#9029)

Hodges Number

9029

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Phoenicophanta modestula Dyar, 1924
Phylogenetic sequence # 931282 (1)

Range

Arizona and Mexico.
Holotype from Mexico, Sierra de Guerrero. (2)

Print References

385.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

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.Noctuidae; Lepidopterorum Catalogus (Lepidopterorum Catalogues New Series Fasc 118) Part 1 & 2)
Poole, R. W. 1989. CRC Press .
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 4 February, 2014 - 8:43pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 18 October, 2014 - 6:45pm

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