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Catocala Benjamini
''Catocala benjamini'', or Benjamin's underwing, is a moth of the family Erebidae. The species was Species description, first described by Auburn Edmund Brower in 1937. It is found in the US states of Arizona, Nevada, southern California and southern Utah. ''Catocala benjamini'' was formerly considered to be a subspecies of ''Catocala andromache''. Adults are on wing in June. There is probably one generation per year. The larvae feed on ''Quercus gambelii'' (Gambel oak). Subspecies *''Catocala benjamini benjamini'' (south-eastern California, Arizona, southern Nevada, and south-western Utah) *''Catocala benjamini mayhewi'' Hawks, 2010 (along the desert-facing slopes of the Laguna, Santa Rosa, San Jacinto, San Bernardino, San Gabriel Mountains, and Little San Bernardino Mountains in southern California) *''Catocala benjamini jumpi'' Hawks, 2010 (Kofa Mountains, Arizona) *''Catocala benjamini ute'' Peacock & Wagner, 2009 (Grand and San Juan counties in south-eastern Utah) Exter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. 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. Differences between butterflies and moths While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and Frenatae, Monotrysia and Ditrysia.Scoble, MJ 1995. The Lepidoptera: Form, function and diversity. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 404 p. Although the rules for distinguishing moths from butterflies are not well establishe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
