Aglia tau

• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,840 meters (0 to 6,037 feet).[1]

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Beccaloni G.

Similar Species

Members of the genus Aglia

There are approximately 58 species in this genus:

A. amurensis · A. androides · A. brunnea · A. caeca · A. caecata · A. cerberus · A. cerretanica · A. confluens · A. cupreola · A. cuspidata · A. dealbata · A. decaeruleata · A. decolor · A. defasciata · A. eumense · A. extrema · A. ferecaeca · A. ferenigra · A. flavorosea · A. flexilis · A. hauderi · A. hemitaenia · A. homora · A. huemeriferenigra · A. huemerinigerrima · A. huemeriweismanni · A. huttneri · A. impulverea · A. inornata · A. japonica · A. locuples · A. lugens · A. luteola · A. macropis · A. melaina · A. microtau · A. nigrescens · A. nigromarginata · A. oblongomaculata · A. obsoleta · A. parvocellata · A. privata · A. quadrangularis · A. radiata · A. roseotincta · A. rubella · A. spaniolissima · A. strigulata · A. subcaecaanthrax · A. subcaecacupreola · A. subcaecanigerrima · A. subcaecaweismanni · A. subcaeceaferenigra · A. tanus · A. tau · A. tau microtau · A. typica · A. uniformis

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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.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 31, 2006.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 9 providers.
• LepIndex: The Global Lepidoptera Names Index
• The Global Lepidoptera Names Index2, 12.2, 2005.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:

• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen: Biologiezentrum Linz
• European Environment Agency: EUNIS
• Finnish Museum of Natural History: Hatikka Observation Data Gateway
• GBIF-Sweden: Bugs (GBIF-SE:Artdatabanken)
• inatura - Erlebnis Naturschau Dornbirn
• Jyväskylä University Museum - The Section of Natural Sciences: Invertebrate collection of Jyvaskyla University Museum
• Mokpo Museum of Natural History: Mokpo Museum of Natural History Insect
• Natural History Museum, University of Oslo: Norwegian Lepidoptera collection, Oslo
• SysTax
• SysTax: Lobbecke Museum Dusseldorf
• University of Helsinki, Department of Applied Biology: European Moth Nights
• University of Helsinki, Department of Applied Biology: Lepidoptera collection of Hannu Saarenmaa
• University of Helsinki, Department of Applied Biology: Lepidopterological Society of Finland

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2979809
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Lep-65485.0
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14388055
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 636161

Footnotes

1. Mean = 561.700 meters (1,842.848 feet), Standard Deviation = 388.180 based on 1,044 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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