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Species Crambidia dusca - Hodges#8047

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

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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 Arctiinae (Tiger and Lichen Moths)

Tribe Lithosiini (Lichen Moths)

Subtribe Lithosiina

Genus Crambidia

Species dusca (Crambidia dusca - Hodges#8047)

Hodges Number

8047

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Crambidia dusca Barnes & McDunnough (1), 1913

Phylogenetic sequence # 930221 (2)

Size

Barnes & McDunnough (1913) listed a wingspan of 26 mm.

Powell & Opler (2009) listed the forewing length 12-14 mm. (3)

Identification

Barnes & McDunnough (1913) original description is available online in the print references.

Specimen determined by DNA analysis (BOLD). (4)

Range

Southern California and Baja, California. (3)

Holotype from San Diego, California.

Habitat

Coastal. (3)

Season

Powell & Opler (2009) reported two flights of April to June; September. (3)

Print References

Barnes, W. & J.H. McDunnough, 1913. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America 2. The Review Press, p. 101; pl. 4, fig. 7.

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, p. 266; pl. 46, fig. 36. (3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (5)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

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.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 7 May, 2014 - 8:38pm

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