Common Names
Common Names in English:
Faint-Spotted Palthis
Description
Habitat
Typically found in the intertidal zone at the water's edge at a mean distance from sea level of 110 meters (362 feet).Standard Deviation = 606.230 based on 120 observations. Terrestrial altitude and ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- arthropods
- Class:
Insecta
()
- Insects
- Order:
Lepidoptera
()
- Butterflies, Moths
- Family:
Noctuoidea
()
- Genus:
Palthis
()
- Specific name:
asopialis
- Guenée 1854
- Scientific name: - Palthis asopialis Guenée 1854
- Specific name:
asopialis
- Guenée 1854
- Genus:
Palthis
(
- Family:
Noctuoidea
(
- Order:
Lepidoptera
(
- Class:
Insecta
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Palthis asopialis (Guenee 1854)
Notes
Name Status: Provisionally Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Beccaloni G.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Palthis
There are approximately 29 species in this genus:
P. aeacalis · P. agroteralis · P. angulalis (Dark-Spotted Palthis) · P. angustipennis · P. aracinthusalis · P. asopialis (Faint-Spotted Palthis) · P. auca · P. bizialis · P. calcabilis · P. calcalis · P. callaoensis · P. eubaealis · P. heteropalpa · P. hieronymus · P. insignalis · P. lineata · P. misantlalis · P. mophisalis · P. obliqualis · P. oconoguensis · P. oneia · P. phocionalis · P. plagiata · P. pulverosa · P. sapucaya · P. serapealis · P. spectalis · P. submarginata · P. yuntasalis
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 15, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- LepIndex
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 23, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 15, 2008:
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2604705
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Lep-292039.0
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 558368
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 605798
