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Species Crambidia dusca - Hodges#8047

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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)
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