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Species Stretchia inferior - Hodges#10475

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10475 - Stretchia inferior
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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 Orthosiini
Genus Stretchia
Species inferior (Stretchia inferior - Hodges#10475)

Hodges Number

10475

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Stretchia inferior (Smith, 1888)
Perigrapha inferior Smith, 1888
Phylogenetic sequence # 932760 (1)

Size

Smith (1888) listed a wingspan of 30 mm.

Identification

Specimen determined by DNA analysis (BOLD). (2)

Range

Southern California to Baja California.

Season

Adults collected January to June, September to December.

Print References

McDunnough(3), J.H., 1949. A study of the species of the genus Stretchia (Lepidoptera, Phalaenidae. American Museum Novitates 1436: (4)
Smith, J.B., 1888. New genera and species of North American Noctuidae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 10: 477.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (5)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)
Noctuidae of North America - nearctica.com (6)

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.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
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.A study of the species of the genus Stretchia (Lepidoptera, Phalaenidae
James. H. McDunnough. 1949. American Museum Novitates 1436: 1-29.
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 6 April, 2014 - 10:37pm
Last updated 6 April, 2014 - 11:44pm

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