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Species Acronicta australis - Hodges#9275.1

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 Acronictinae
Genus Acronicta (Dagger Moths)
Species australis (Acronicta australis - Hodges#9275.1)
Hodges Number
9275.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Acronicta australis (Mustelin & Leuschner, 2000)
Merolonche australis Mustelin & Leuschner, 2000
Phylogenetic sequence # 931490
Numbers
There are more than 73 named species of the genus Acronicta in America north of Mexico. (1)
Habitat
Mustelin & Leuschner (2000) reported "high altitude high-altitude locations in the coniferous zone."
Print References
Mustelin & Leuschner, 2000. Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History, 36: 4.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
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.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 2 April, 2014 - 12:29am

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