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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Apameini » Oligia » Tawny Marbled Minor - Hodges#9415.2 (Oligia latruncula)

Species Oligia latruncula - Tawny Marbled Minor - Hodges#9415.2

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Unidentified Noctuid - Oligia latruncula

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)

Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)

Subfamily Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)

Tribe Apameini

Genus Oligia

Species latruncula (Tawny Marbled Minor - Hodges#9415.2)

Hodges Number

9415.2

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Oligia latruncula ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)

Noctua latruncula Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 (1)

Hodges number follows Pohl, G.R., et al. 2016 (2), MPG lists this as Hodges 9415.2

P3 #932376 (2)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin latrunculus meaning "thief."

Identification

male genitalia

Remarks

Introduced into NYC from Eurasia (3)

Print References

Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775. Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend Ank. syst. Schmett. Wienergegend. p. 89. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (4)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)

Schmetterlinge der Schweiz

Moths and Butterflies of Europe

Svenska fjärilar

UK Moths

Works Cited

1.	Systematisches Verzeichniß der Schmetterlinge der Wienergegend. Michael Denis & Ignaz Schiffermüller. 1775. Augustin Bernardi, Wien. pp.323.

2.	Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. 2016. ResearchGate.net.

3.	Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Steve Nanz on 17 June, 2016 - 3:09am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, JoAnneRusso, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 30 December, 2019 - 3:11pm

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