Lithophane leautieri ssp hesperica Boursin, 1957
(Blair’s Shoulder-knot)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SubspeciesLithophane leautieri ssp hesperica (Blair’s Shoulder-knot)
SpeciesLithophane leautieri (Blair’s Shoulder-knot)
GenusLithophane (a genus of noctuid moths)
TribeXylenini (a tribe of moths)
SubfamilyXYLENINAE (a subfamily of moths)
FamilyNOCTUIDAE (shuttle moths)
SuperfamilyNOCTUOIDEA (shuttle moths)
CladeMacrolepidoptera (macro-moths)
CladeObtectomera (butterflies and most moths)
CladeApoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Agassiz, D. 2004 Cypress Trees and their Moths British Wildlife Vol 15, No. 4: 265-268.
Waring, P. 2005 Blair’s Shoulder-knot Vol 17, No 2 Page: 130

Lithophane leautieri ssp hesperica (Blair’s Shoulder-knot) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lithophane leautieri ssp hesperica (Blair’s Shoulder-knot)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Lithophane leautieri ssp hesperica (Blair’s Shoulder-knot)
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