Species Cobalos franciscanus - Hodges#9424

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · 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 Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Subfamily Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)

Tribe Apameini

Genus Cobalos

Species franciscanus (Cobalos franciscanus - Hodges#9424)

Hodges Number

9424

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cobalos franciscanus Smith, 1899 (1)

Phylogenetic sequence # 932408 (2)

Size

Smith (1899) listed a wingspan of 28 mm. (1)

Identification

Specimen determined by DNA analysis (BOLD). (3)

Range

California. (4), (5), (6)

Holotype ♂ from San Francisco, County, California. (1), (7)

Season

The main flight period appears to be April to October. (5)

Print References

Smith, J.B., 1899. New Noctuids and notes. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 7(4): 224. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (5)

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

Works Cited

1.	New Noctuids and notes John B. Smith. 1899. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 7(4): 223-234.

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.	Lepidoptera (Butterfly and Moth) Inventory John Muir National Historic Site – 2003-2006 Susan O’Neil, Paul G. Johnson. 2008. U.S. Department of the Interior.

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

6.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

7.	The noctuid type material of John B. Smith (Lepidoptera) E. L. Todd. 1982. United States Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin 1645: 1-228.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 8 May, 2014 - 11:15pm

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