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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Prominent Moths (Notodontidae) » Heterocampinae » Heterocampa » Sandplain Heterocampa - Hodges#7982 (Heterocampa varia)

Species Heterocampa varia - Sandplain Heterocampa - Hodges#7982

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Heterocampa varia #7982 - Heterocampa varia Heterocampa varia- Sandplain Heterocampa - Heterocampa varia - male Heterocampa varia- Sandplain Heterocampa - Heterocampa varia - male Sandhill Prominent (Heterocampa varia) - Heterocampa varia Sandhill Prominent (Heterocampa varia) - Heterocampa varia
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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 Heterocampa
Species varia (Sandplain Heterocampa - Hodges#7982)
Hodges Number
7982
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Heterocampa varia Walker, 1855
Phylogenetic sequence # 930074 (1)
Size
Wingspan
♂ 37-42 mm.
♀ 42-46 mm.
Range
Heppner (2003) reported the range to include the coastal areas of New York to Florida to Texas. (2)
Season
Heppner (2003) reported January to August; November. (2)
Food
Heppner (2003) reported Quercus sp. (oak). (2)
Print References
PDF
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (5)
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.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
5.Butterflies of North America
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 2 March, 2014 - 2:39pm
Additional contributions by Kyhl Austin
Last updated 17 December, 2015 - 8:17pm

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