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Species Aseptis catalina - Hodges#9528

Moth D 3.29.17 - Aseptis catalina Moth B 4.7.17 - Aseptis catalina Moth from Anza Borrego 6 - Aseptis catalina Aseptis catalina? - Aseptis catalina Aseptis catalina? - Aseptis catalina Noctuinae - Aseptis catalina Noctuidae - Aseptis catalina Noctuid - Aseptis catalina
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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 catalina (Aseptis catalina - Hodges#9528)
Hodges Number
9528
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Aseptis catalina (Smith, 1899)
Hadena catalina Smith, 1899 (1)
Traecha catalina (Smith, 1899)
Phylogenetic sequence # 932627 (2)
Explanation of Names
Specific name refers to the holotype collection location Catalina Springs, Arizona.
Size
Smith (1899) listed the wingspan 28-32 mm.
Identification
Smith, 1899) original description as Hadena catalina, and the Hampson (1908) description as Traecha catalina are online in the print references.
Specimen determined by DNA analysis (BOLD). (3)
Range
Southern California , Nevada and Arizona.
Season
The main flight period appears to be March to May.
Print References
Hampson, G.F., 1908. Noctuidae. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum, 7: 189
Smith, J.B., 1899. Some new species of Hadena. The Canadian Entomologist. 31(4): 261