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Species Abagrotis kirkwoodi - Hodges#11014

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 Noctuini
Subtribe Noctuina
Genus Abagrotis
Species kirkwoodi (Abagrotis kirkwoodi - Hodges#11014)

Hodges Number

11014

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Abagrotis kirkwoodi Buckett, 1968
Phylogenetic sequence # 933651 (1)

Range

Southern California.

Season

The main flight period appears to be August to December with a few spring records.

Print References

Buckett, J.S., 1968. California Department of Agriculture Bureau of Entomology Occasional Papers 14, p. 8.
Lafontaine, J.D., 1998. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.3. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, p. 213; pl. 5, figs. 53-54. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

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.The Moths of America North of Mexico, Noctuoidea, Noctuidae (Part), Noctuinae (Part-Euxoa), Fascicle 27.2
J. Donald LaFontane. 1987. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 5 April, 2014 - 12:14pm

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