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Notodontidae
930068.5 – 7996   Macrurocampa ruficornis (Dyar, 1905)

Reared - © Charles W. Melton
Distribution: AZ, southwest NM - Miller et al. (2021)
Type locality: Palmerlee, Cochise Co., AZ
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Synonymy: Heterocampa ruficornis Dyar, 1905
Taxonomic Notes: Macrurocampa ruficornis (Dyar, 1905), n. comb. in Miller et al. (2021), was formerly placed in the genus Cecrita in Becker (2014) who transferred it from Heterocampa.
References
  • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
  • Dyar, H.G., 1905. Descriptions of some new moths from Arizona. Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Science Bulletin, 1(7): 185-186.
  • Miller, J.S., D.L. Wagner, P.A. Opler & J.D. Lafontaine, 2021. Noctuoidea, Notodontidae (Part 2, Conclusion): Heterocampinae, Nystaleinae, Dioptinae, Dicranurinae. The Moths of America north of Mexico, Fascicle 22.1B: 63; pl. A-13, figs. 10-12; pl. 52, fig. 1 (♂ gen.); pl. 69, fig. 7 (♂ sternum 8); pl. 81, fig. 3 (♀ gen.); pl. L-12, fig. 2 (larva). - order
  • Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 42.11f; p. 250. Book Review and ordering
  • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
Macrurocampa ruficornis
DNA - © Charles W. Melton
Macrurocampa ruficornis
© Jim Vargo
Macrurocampa ruficornis
47mm - LG – © Jim Vargo
Macrurocampa ruficornis
© Charles Melton LG
40mm on Emory Oak, Quercus emory
Macrurocampa ruficornis
© Charles Melton LG
day 35 - 37mm
Macrurocampa ruficornis
© Charles Melton LG
day 24 - 21mm
Macrurocampa ruficornis
© Mark Brown LG

Macrurocampa ruficornis
© Stan Gorodenski LG
on Emory Oak
Macrurocampa ruficornis
© Stan Gorodenski LG
on Emory Oak

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