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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Erebidae » Litter Moths (Herminiinae) » Aristaria » Aristaria theroalis - Hodges#8390 (Aristaria theroalis)

Species Aristaria theroalis - Hodges#8390

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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 Herminiinae (Litter Moths)
Genus Aristaria
Species theroalis (Aristaria theroalis - Hodges#8390)
Hodges Number
8390
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Aristaria theroalis (Walker, 1859)(1)
Bocana theroalis (Walker, 1859)
Bleptina theroalis Walker, 1859
Phylogenetic sequence # 930542 (2)
Range
Heppner (2003) reported the range to include Florida(3), to Texas; West Indies; Mexico. (4)
Season
Heppner (2003) reported adults February, May to July, September, November. (4)
Food
Heppner (2003) listed possibly leaf litter. (4)
Print References
Druce, H., 1881-1890. Biologia Centrali-Americana. p. 477.
Hampson, G.F., 1898. XIV. The moths of the Lesser Antilles. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London.. p. 254.
Walker, F., 1859. List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 16. p. 243.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (5)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)
Works Cited
1.A generic revision of the American moths of the subfamily Hypeninae, with descriptions of new genera and species
William Schaus. 1916. Proceedings of The United States National Museum, 50: 259-399.
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.Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Florida
4.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 22 September, 2014 - 2:33pm
Last updated 22 September, 2014 - 3:36pm

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