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Species Semixanthia tapa - Charadra tapa - Hodges#9188.1

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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 Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Pantheinae
Genus Semixanthia
Species tapa (Charadra tapa - Hodges#9188.1)
Hodges Number
9188.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Semixanthia tapa (Anweiler & Schmidt, 2010) (1)
Charadra tapa Anweiler & Schmidt, 2010 (2)
Explanation of Names
"Etymology. The name tapa is an anagram of pata." (2); a rearrangement of the letters in the species Charadra pata (Druce, 1894).
Range
Southeast AZ.
Type locality: Ash Canyon, Huachuca Mts., Cochise Co., AZ.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
Works Cited
1.Noctuoidea Noctuidae (Part) Pantheinae, Raphiinae, Balsinae, Acronictinae
Schmidt, B.C. & G.G. Anweiler. 2020. The Moths of North America.
2.The North American species of Charadra (Walker), with a revision of the Charadra pata (Druce) group (Noctuidae, Pantheinae)
Christian Schmidt, Gary Anweiler . 2010. ZooKeys 39: 161-181.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 16 September, 2014 - 5:22pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 29 March, 2020 - 4:17am

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