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Species Tripudia balteata - Hodges#9005

Brown/gray moth with a yellow band - Tripudia balteata

Tripudia balteata - Hodges#9005 - Tripudia balteata

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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 Cobubathinae

Genus Tripudia

Species balteata (Tripudia balteata - Hodges#9005)

Hodges Number

9005

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Tripudia balteata Smith, 1900 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence # 931264 (2)

Size

Wingspan 15 mm. (3)

Identification

Identified by the broad yellowish band on forewing. (4) But confusion can arise with duller examples of Tripudia flavofasciata (see below).

Season

Adults are most common from March to September. (5)

Remarks

Type Locality: Arizona, Santa Rita Mountains.

Print References

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. pl.50.15m, p.280 (6)

Smith, J.B. 1900. A hundred new moths of the family Noctuidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 22: 489. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (5)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (7)

Works Cited

1.	A hundred new moths of the family Noctuidae John B. Smith. 1900. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 22(1203): 413-495.

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.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

4.	The large moths of Guana Island, British Virgin. Islands: A survey of efficient colonizers. (Sphingidae, Notodontidae, ... Vitor O. Becker, Scott E. Miller. 2002. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 56(1): 9-44 .

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

6.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

7.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 14 December, 2006 - 5:59pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, Chuck Sexton, Randy Hardy
Last updated 17 November, 2021 - 5:56pm

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