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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Erebinae » Melipotini » Drasteria » Drasteria biformata - Hodges#8625 (Drasteria biformata)

Species Drasteria biformata - Hodges#8625

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · 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 Erebidae
Subfamily Erebinae
Tribe Melipotini
Genus Drasteria
Species biformata (Drasteria biformata - Hodges#8625)
Hodges Number
8625
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Drasteria biformata (Hy. Edwards, 1878)
Synedoida biformata H. Edwards, 1878
Phylogenetic sequence # 930897 (1)
Range
California and Arizona.
Holotype from Havilah, Kern Co., California.
Season
The main flight period is April to August but there are earlier records from California.
Print References
Edwards, H., 1878. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. p. 9.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
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.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 6 April, 2014 - 4:00pm

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