Phytometra apicata

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Phytometra apicata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Erebidae
Genus:
Phytometra
Species:
P. apicata
Binomial name
Phytometra apicata

Phytometra apicata is a moth in the family Erebidae described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1916. [1] [2] [3] It is found in North America. [2]

Moth Group of mostly-nocturnal insects in the order Lepidoptera

Moths comprise a group of insects related to butterflies, belonging to the order Lepidoptera. Most lepidopterans are moths, and there are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.

Erebidae family of insects

The Erebidae are a family of moths in the superfamily Noctuoidea. The family is among the largest families of moths by species count and contains a wide variety of well-known macromoth groups. The family includes the underwings (Catocala); litter moths (Herminiinae); tiger, lichen, and wasp moths (Arctiinae); tussock moths (Lymantriinae), including the arctic woolly bear moth ; piercing moths ; micronoctuoid moths (Micronoctuini); snout moths (Hypeninae); and zales, though many of these common names can also refer to moths outside the Erebidae. Some of the erebid moths are called owlets.

William David Barnes was an American entomologist and surgeon. He was the son of Dr. William A. and Eleanor Sawyer Barnes. He graduated salutatorian from the Decatur High School in 1877. Then spent a year at Illinois State University followed by a year at University of Illinois. In 1879, he entered Harvard Medical School and graduated in 1886. While at Harvard, he met naturalist Louis Agassiz and his love of Lepidoptera grew. Agassiz taught him how to preserve and classify the butterflies. He completed an internship at Boston City Hospital and then studied abroad in Heidelberg, Munich and Vienna. In 1890, Dr. Barnes came home to Decatur and opened his medical practice. That same year he married Charlotte L. Gillette. The couple had two children: William Barnes Jr., and Joan Dean Gillett Barnes.

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The MONA or Hodges number for Phytometra apicata is 8482. [4] [5]

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<i>Hydriomena edenata</i> species of insect

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References

  1. ↑ "Species Phytometra apicata - Hodges#8482". BugGuide. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Phytometra apicata Barnes and McDunnough, 1916". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Phytometra apicata". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  4. ↑ Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. (2016). Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
  5. ↑ "930718.00 – 8482 – Phytometra apicata – Barnes & McDunnough, 1916". Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

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