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Species Ianassa coloradensis - Hodges#8015

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Oligocentria - Ianassa coloradensis - female Oligocentria paradisus recently hatched larva - Ianassa coloradensis Oligocentria paradisus 16 day old larva - Ianassa coloradensis Oligocentria paradisus 16 day old larva - Ianassa coloradensis Oligocentria paradisus 23 day old larva - Ianassa coloradensis Arizona Moth - Ianassa coloradensis Oligocentria coloradensis - Ianassa coloradensis Ianassa coloradensis? - Ianassa coloradensis
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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 Notodontidae (Prominent Moths)
Subfamily Heterocampinae
Genus Ianassa
Species coloradensis (Ianassa coloradensis - Hodges#8015)

Hodges Number

8015

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ianassa coloradensis (H. Edwards)
Janassa lignicolor var. coloradensis Edwards, 1885
Dicentria cerriben Dyar, 1915
Phylogenetic sequence # 930108

Explanation of Names

Ianassa coloradensis (Edwards, 1885), n. comb. in Becker (2014) (1), formerly placed in the genus Oligocentria, includes as a new synonym Ianassa cerriben (Dyar, 1915) in Miller et al. (2021) (2).

Size

Powell & Opler (2009) listed the forewing length 16-20 mm. (3)

Identification

Powell & Opler (2009) reported the black basal streak is usually present. The hindwing of the female is smoky gray. (3)

Range

USA: UT, CO, AZ, NM, eastern TX. (2)
Type locality (coloradensis): Denver, CO., Salt Lake, UT.
Type locality (cerriben): Zacualpán, Mexico.

Season

Powell & Opler (2009) reported a single flight period of July to September with possibly two flights in Texas beginning in May. (3)

Life Cycle

Packard (1895) described the life cycle.

Print References

Barnes, W.B. & J.H. McDunnough (4), 1912. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America. The Review Press. 1(4): 9.
Packard, A.S., 1893. Notes on Gluphisai and other Notodontidae. Psyche 6: 522.
Packard, A.S., 1895. Monograph of the Bombycine moths of America North of Mexico, including their transformations and origin of the larval markings and armature. Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 7: 190.
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, p. 251; plate 42, fig. 16. (3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (5)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)
Moths of Southeastern Arizona (7)

Works Cited

1.Checklist of New World Notodontidae (Noctuoidea)
Becker, V.O. 2014. Lepidoptera Novae, 7(1): 1-40.
2.Noctuoidea, Notodontidae (Part 2, Conclusion): Heterocampinae, Nystaleinae, Dioptinae, Dicranurinae
Miller, J.S., D.L. Wagner, P.A. Opler & J.D. Lafontaine. 2021. The Moths of America north of Mexico, Fascicle 22.1B: 1-443.
3.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
4.James Halliday McDunnough (1877 -1962) A biographical obituary and bibliography
Douglas C. Ferguson . 1962. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 16(4): 209-228.
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
7.Moths of Southeast Arizona
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 5 February, 2014 - 3:57pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Steve Nanz
Last updated 26 March, 2022 - 2:38pm

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