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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Erebinae » Catocalini » Underwings (Catocala) » Catocala benjamini - Hodges#8837.1 (Catocala benjamini)

Species Catocala benjamini - Hodges#8837.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · 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 Erebinae

Tribe Catocalini

Genus Catocala (Underwings)

Species benjamini (Catocala benjamini - Hodges#8837.1)

Hodges Number

8837.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Catocala benjamini Brower, 1937

Catocala andromache race benjamini Brower, 1937

Explanation of Names

Named in honor of Foster H. Benjamin (1895-1936) who first suggested this species was a subspecies of Catocala andromache Edwards.

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed four subspecies. (1)

Catocala benjamini benjamini Brower, 1937

C. b. mayhewi Hawks, 2010

C. b. jumpi Hawks, 2010

C. b. ute Peacock & Wagner, 2009 (2)

Identification

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

Range

Southwestern United States.

Food

The larvae feed on Quercus gambelii Nutt. (Gambel oak).

Print References

Brower, A.E., 1937. Description of new species and a new race of Catocala (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 32(5): 185.

Brower, A.E., 1982. Change in status of Catocala andromache race benjamini (Noctuidae). Journal of The Lepidopterists' Society 36: 159.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

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

Bill Oehlke's North American Catocala (5)

Auburn E. Brower (1898-1994)

Works Cited

1.	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 .

2.	Catocala benjamini ute n. ssp. from Southeastern Utah (Noctuidae: Catocalinae). John W. Peacock, David L. Wagner. 2009. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 63(2): 89-92.

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	Bill Oehlke's North American Catocala

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 9 May, 2014 - 10:33pm
Additional contributions by marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy
Last updated 26 February, 2018 - 10:20am

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