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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Xyleninae » Apameini » Apamea » Yellow-headed Cutworm - Hodges#9348 (Apamea amputatrix)

Species Apamea amputatrix - Yellow-headed Cutworm - Hodges#9348

Classification · Hodges Number · Identification · Range · Season · Internet References
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea
Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Xyleninae
Tribe Apameini
Genus Apamea
Species amputatrix (Yellow-headed Cutworm - Hodges#9348)
Hodges Number
9348
Identification
Forewing mostly deep red with pale gray subterminal band; reniform spot has two distinctive small white dots at inside corner. A dark gray form also occurs.
Range
throughtout North America, north to the arctic
Season
adults fly from June through August
Internet References
live adult image and other info (Lynn Scott)
pinned adult images (CBIF)
pinned adult image (U. of Arizona)
pinned adult image (Montana State U.)
Images of live adults (Moth Photographers Group)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 29 January, 2005 - 9:56pm
Additional contributions by J.D. Roberts
Last updated 6 July, 2007 - 11:53am

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