Species Aseptis ferruginea - Hodges#9531.2

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · 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 Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)

Tribe Xylenini

Subtribe Xylenina

Genus Aseptis

Species ferruginea (Aseptis ferruginea - Hodges#9531.2)

Hodges Number

9531.2

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Aseptis ferruginea Mustelin, 2000 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence # 932632 (2)

Explanation of Names

Mustelin et al. (2000) stated "The specific name refers to the rusty color of the species." (1)

Size

Forewing length 17-19 mm. (1)

Identification

Mustelin et al. (2000) original description in PDF. (1)

Specimen determined by DNA analysis (BOLD). (3)

Range

Mustelin et al. (2000) stated the species "is presently known only from a small area surrounding the mountains of San Diego, California." (1)

Season

The main is flight period June to mid-August. (1)

Print References

Mustelin, T., Leuschner, R., Mikkola, K. & D.J. Lafontaine, 2000. Two new genera and thirteen new species of owlet moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), mainly from southern California. Proceedings of the San Diego Society for Natural History, 36: 8; figs. 5e-h. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Works Cited

1.	Two new genera and thirteen new species of owlet moths (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), mainly from southern California Thomas Mustelin, Ronald Leuschner, Kauri Mikkola, Donald J. Lafontaine . 2000. Proceedings of the San Diego Society for Natural History, 36: 1–18.

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.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 6 April, 2014 - 11:04am
Last updated 6 April, 2014 - 5:33pm

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