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Species Leucanopsis perdentata - Hodges#8217.1

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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 Arctiini (Tiger Moths)
Subtribe Phaegopterina
Genus Leucanopsis
Species perdentata (Leucanopsis perdentata - Hodges#8217.1)
Hodges Number
8217.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Leucanopsis perdentata (Schaus, 1901)
Halisidota perdentata Schaus, 1901
Phylogenetic sequence # 931217 (1)
Size
Schaus (1901) listed the wingspan.
♂ 41 mm.
♀ 55 mm.
Range
Arizona to Central America.
Season
The main flight period appears to be July and August.
Print References
Schaus, 1901. The Annals & Magazine of Natural History 7 (39): 266.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
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.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 7 August, 2014 - 10:17pm

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