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Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Oligocentria delicata
Description
Family Notodontidae
'The Notodontidae are members
of the Superfamily
Noctuoidea. These medium-sized moths have stout bodies and are typically drab--brown or grayish in color. Female prominents
are generally larger than males. The proboscis varies widely; it is specialized in some species and reduced in others. When resting, prominents either hold
their wings
like a roof over the body or roll them, causing the moth to look like a stick
. Larvae of some species are oddly shaped and look like parts of the host plant. Others are brightly colored
and striped. Some are serious forest
pests. Most prominents overwinter
as larvae, pupating in a cell
in the soil or in a loose
cocoon
on the ground
in the spring
.
'[1]
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
()
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
()
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
()
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
()
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
()
- Cohort:
Myoglossata
()
- Superorder:
Amphiesmenoptera
()
- Order:
Lepidoptera
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Butterflies and Moths
- Suborder:
Glossata
()
- Infraorder:
Heteroneura
()
- Superfamily:
Noctuoidea
()
- Family:
Notodontidae
()
- Prominent Moths
- Genus:
Oligocentria
()
- Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
- Specific name:
delicata
- Dyar
- Scientific name: - Oligocentria delicata Dyar
- Specific name:
delicata
- Dyar
- Genus:
Oligocentria
(
- Family:
Notodontidae
(
- Superfamily:
Noctuoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Heteroneura
(
- Suborder:
Glossata
(
- Order:
Lepidoptera
(
- Superorder:
Amphiesmenoptera
(
- Cohort:
Myoglossata
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name .
Similar Species
Members of the genus Oligocentria
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 9 species and subspecies in this genus:
O. alpica (Oligocentria Alpica) · O. coloradensis (Oligocentria Coloradensis) · O. delicata (Oligocentria Delicata) · O. lignicolor (White-Streaked Prominent) · O. pallida (Oligocentria Pallida) · O. paradisus (Oligocentria Paradisus) · O. perangulata (Oligocentria Perangulata) · O. pinalensis (Oligocentria Pinalensis) · O. semirufescens (Red-Washed Prominent)
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Further Reading
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- LepIndex: The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Release date: June 15, 2005
- Opler, Paul A., Harry Pavulaan, Ray E. Stanford, Michael Pogue, coordinators. Butterflies and Moths of North America. Bozeman, MT: Mountain Prairie Information Node. March 26, 2007.
- Opler, Paul A., Kelly Lotts, and Thomas Naberhaus, coordinators. 2009. Butterflies and Moths of North America. Bozeman, MT: Big Sky Institute. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/ (Version of April 17, 2009).
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- The Global Lepidoptera Names Index2, 12.2, 2005.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2602922
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Lep-64348.0
- Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: IILEY11090
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 171206
Footnotes
- http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy?f=31&sci=Notodontidae&com=Prominents [back]
