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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Condicinae » Leuconyctini » Fotella » Fotella notalis - Hodges#9833 (Fotella notalis)

Species Fotella notalis - Hodges#9833

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Condicinae
Tribe Leuconyctini
Genus Fotella
Species notalis (Fotella notalis - Hodges#9833)
Hodges Number
9833
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Fotella notalis Grote (1), 1882
Hadenella cervoides Barnes and McDunnough, 1912
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) added the following three species as synonyms. (2)
Fotella olivia Barnes & McDunnough (3), 1912 [9834]
F. olivioides Barnes & Benjamin, 1925 [9835]
Caradrina fragosa (Grote, 1883) [9836].
Phylogenetic sequence # 932034 (2)
Size
Grote (1882) did not mention a wing size.
Poole(4) reports the forewing length as 10-13 mm.
Identification
Noctuidae of North America - nearctica.com (4) has a good description.
Determined by Jan Metlevski
Range
California to western Texas. (4), (5)
Habitat
Occurs in the dry desert areas. (4)
Season
Poole(4) states "Adults have been collected throughout the spring, summer, and fall months. However notalis seems to be most abundant in the spring (April and May) with a second peak in the fall (September and October)."
Food
Poole reports the host and immature stages unknown. (4)
Print References
Barnes, W. & J.H. McDunnough, 1912. New noctuid species. The Canadian Entomologist 44: 216.
Barnes & Benjamin, 1925. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 20: 195.
Grote, A.R., 1882. New moths. The Canadian Entomologist 14(10): 181.
Grote, A.R., 1883. Notes on new species in Mr. Neumoegen's collection. Papilio 3: 76.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (5)
Noctuidae of North America - nearctica.com (4)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)
Works Cited
1.Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)
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.James Halliday McDunnough (1877 -1962) A biographical obituary and bibliography
Douglas C. Ferguson . 1962. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 16(4): 209-228.
4.Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 4 April, 2014 - 4:13pm
Last updated 24 April, 2014 - 2:03pm

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