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Species Sympistis toddi - Hodges#10153

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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 Oncocnemidinae
Genus Sympistis
Species toddi (Sympistis toddi - Hodges#10153)
Hodges Number
10153
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Sympistis toddi (A. Blanchard(1), 1968)
Oncocnemis toddi A. Blanchard, 1968 (2)
Size
Blanchard (1968) reported the wingspan 21-22 mm. (2)
Identification
Blanchard (1968) original description available in PDF or read online. (2)
Determined Ed Knudson (Texas Lepidoptera Survey)
Range
Western Texas, New Mexico.
Holotype from Texas, Big Bend National Park, Chihuahuan desert near Dugout Wells, @ 3,000', 28 September 1965. (2)
Habitat
Desert
Season
May; August through September.
See Also
Resembles many Acontiinae and a few Amphipyrinae.
Print References
Blanchard, A., 1968. New moths from Texas (Noctuidae; Tortricidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 22: 135; pl. 1., fig. 2; pl. 2, fig. 2. (2)
Internet References
Works Cited
1.André Blanchard (1896- 1986)
Roy O. Kendall. 1987. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 41(4): 219-237.
2.New moths from Texas (Noctuidae, Tortricidae)
André Blanchard. 1968. Journal of The Lepidopterist's Society, 22: 133-145.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group