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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 » Mammifrontia rileyi - Hodges#9447 (Mammifrontia rileyi)

Species Mammifrontia rileyi - Hodges#9447

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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
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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 Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)
Tribe Apameini
Genus Mammifrontia
Species rileyi (Mammifrontia rileyi - Hodges#9447)
Hodges Number
9447
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Mammifrontia rileyi Benjamin, 1936
Phylogenetic sequence # 932435
Numbers
Size
Benjamin (1936) listed the wingspan.
♂ 29 mm.
♀ 30-34 mm.
Identification
Specimen determined by DNA analysis (BOLD). (1)
Range
California.
Holotype ♂ from Glendale, California in April.
Season
The main flight period appears to be April to July.
Print References
Benjamin, F.H., 1936. Notes and new species (Lepidoptera, Phalaenidae). Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 34: 208.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (1)
Works Cited
1.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 4 April, 2014 - 2:47pm
Last updated 4 April, 2014 - 11:58pm

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