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Species Euaontia semirufa - Hodges#8567

Euaontia semirufa Euaontia semirufa Euaontia semirufa
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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 Boletobiinae
Tribe Phytometrini
Genus Euaontia
Species semirufa (Euaontia semirufa - Hodges#8567)
Hodges Number
8567
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Euaontia semirufa Barnes & McDunnough(1), 1910
Phylogenetic sequence # 930741 (2)
Size
Barnes & McDunnough (1910) listed a wingspan of 24 mm.
Identification
Barnes & McDunnough (1910) original description is online in the print references.
Range
California and Nevada to Baja California.
Holotype from Esmeralda County, Nevada.
Season
The main flight period appears to be April to August.
Print References
Barnes, W. & J.H. McDunnough, 1910. New species and varieties of North American Lepidoptera. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 18: 159.
Works Cited
1.James Halliday McDunnough (1877 -1962) A biographical obituary and bibliography
Douglas C. Ferguson . 1962. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 16(4): 209-228.
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.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems