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Species Lacinipolia leucogramma - Hodges#10392

Moth @ Pacific Grove - Lacinipolia leucogramma

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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 Eriopygini

Genus Lacinipolia

Species leucogramma (Lacinipolia leucogramma - Hodges#10392)

Hodges Number

10392

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Lacinipolia leucogramma (Grote (1), 1873)

Mamestra leucogramma Grote, 1873

Polia canities Hampson, 1905 (2)

Scotogramma francisca Smith, 1910 (2)

Phylogenetic sequence # 933038 (3)

Numbers

"933038 Lacinipolia leucogramma – Two names formerly treated as valid species, L. canities (Hampson, 1905), syn. n. and L. francisca (Smith, 1910), syn. n., are synonyms of Lacinipolia leucogramma. This result was reported in the unpublished 1975 thesis of Charles Selman, and the barcodes results also support this conclusion." (2)

Size

Smith (1891) listed a wingspan of 28 mm. (4)

Identification

Smith (1891) description in PDF. (4)

Range

California. (4)

Moth Photographers Group displays records in California, northern New Mexico, and Baja California. (5)

Season

The main flight period appears to be March to October. (5), (4)

Food

No host information.

Print References

Hampson, G.F., 1905. Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. 5: 80; pl. 80, fig. 14.

Smith, J.B., 1891. Contributions toward a monograph of the Noctuidae of temperate North America. Revision of the species of Mamestra. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 14: 208. (4)

Smith, J.B., 1910. New species of Noctuidae for 1910. No. 1. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 18: 96.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (5)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)

Works Cited

1.	Augustus Radcliffe Grote, Lepidopterist (1841-1903)

2.	Additions and corrections to the check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico III Lafontaine J.D. & B.C. Schmidt. 2015. ZooKeys 527: 127-147.

3.	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 .

4.	Contributions toward a monograph of the Noctuidae of temperate North America. Revision of the species of Mamestra. John B Smith. 1891. Proceedings of The United States National Museum 14: 197-276 .

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

6.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 6 April, 2014 - 11:58pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 7 February, 2017 - 12:32pm

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