Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowse
Info
ImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Apameini » Mammifrontia

Genus Mammifrontia

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Print References · Works Cited
9447 - Mammifrontia rileyi 9447.1 - Mammifrontia rileyi This may be a specimen of Henry’s Marsh Moth Acronicta insularis in Southern California? - Mammifrontia rileyi This may be a specimen of Henry’s Marsh Moth Acronicta insularis in Southern California? - Mammifrontia rileyi
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both
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 Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)
Tribe Apameini
Genus Mammifrontia
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Mammifrontia Barnes & Lindsey, 1922
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 3 species of the genus in America north of Mexico. (1)
Identification
Barnes & Lindsey, 1922) original description of Mammifrontia. 75.
"Antennae simple in ♀ (♂ unknown). Palpi oblique, moderate, second joint reaching tip of frontal process, third short. Eyes large, rounded. Front with a mammiform prominence. Vestiture of thorax conspicuously hairy, with a few scales. Prothorax with a slight crest. Abdomen without crests. Front tibiae without spines, tarsi with only the usual ventral spines. Primaries similar to Archanara but a little more triangular than is usual in that genus. R1 free, R2 from areole, R3 and R4 stalked, connate with R5 from apex of areole. Remaining veins free. Secondaries with R and M1, M3 and Cu1 connate from angles of cell."
Print References
Barnes, W. & A.W. Lindsey, 1922. New Noctuidae (Lep.). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, 17(3): 75.
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 .
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 4 April, 2014 - 2:47pm
Last updated 18 August, 2014 - 6:05pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact