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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Xylenini » Xylenina » Aseptis » Aseptis catalina - Hodges#9528 (Aseptis catalina)

Species Aseptis catalina - Hodges#9528

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Moth from Anza Borrego 6 - 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

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

Moths of Southeastern Arizona (large photo) (5)

Moths of Southeastern Arizona Checklist (5)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum (6)

Works Cited

1.	Noctuidae; Lepidopterorum Catalogus (Lepidopterorum Catalogues New Series Fasc 118) Part 1 & 2) Poole, R. W. 1989. CRC Press .

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.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

6.	University of Alberta Entomology Collection

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 8 April, 2014 - 2:20pm
Last updated 8 April, 2014 - 3:46pm

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