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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Nacopa » Nacopa bistrigata - Hodges#9827 (Nacopa bistrigata)

Species Nacopa bistrigata - Hodges#9827

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · See Also · 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)

Genus Nacopa

Species bistrigata (Nacopa bistrigata - Hodges#9827)

Hodges Number

9827

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Nacopa bistrigata (Barnes & McDunnough (1), 1918)

Acopa bistrigata Barnes & McDunnough, 1918

Phylogenetic sequence # 931628 (2)

Size

Barnes & McDunnough (1918) listed a wingspan of 21 mm.

Identification

Barnes & McDunnough (1918) original description is online in the print references.

Range

Western Texas to Arizona.

Holotype ♂ in August from Paradise, Cochise Co., Arizona.

Season

May; August through September.

See Also

Nacopa melanderi

Print References

Barnes, W. & J.H. McDunnough, 1918. Acronyctinae. Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America 4(2): 107; pl. 17, fig. 18.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Moths of Southeastern Arizona list pinned photo

Works Cited

1.	James Halliday McDunnough (1877 -1962) A biographical obituary and bibliography Douglas C. Ferguson . 1962. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 16(4): 209-228.

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.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 21 September, 2014 - 10:08pm
Last updated 22 September, 2014 - 12:46am

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