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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) » Eriopygini » Ulolonche » Ulolonche orbiculata - Hodges#10574 (Ulolonche orbiculata)

Species Ulolonche orbiculata - Hodges#10574

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Eriopygini
Genus Ulolonche
Species orbiculata (Ulolonche orbiculata - Hodges#10574)
Hodges Number
10574
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ulolonche orbiculata (Smith, 1891)
Mamestra orbiculata Smith, 1891
Phylogenetic sequence # 933125
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 9 species of the genus Ulolonche in America north of Mexico. (1)
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2011) reduced the genus to 8 species by including U. marloffi as a synonym of U. fasciata. (2)
Size
Wingspan 26-30 mm.
Forewing length 10-13 mm. (3)
Identification
Adult - forewing brownish-gray with irregular dark gray subterminal area and oblong white patch or streak beside reniform spot; black marks along costa, and dark chevron-shaped markings near middle of wing; hindwing dark gray, paler toward base.
Specimen identified by DNA analysis (BOLD). (4)
Range
Saskatchewan and Alberta, to Arizona, New Mexico, northern Texas. (3), (5)
Season
The main flight period is March to July. (5)
Print References
Smith, J.B., 1891. Revision of the species of Mamestra. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 14: 266. (6)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (5)
Pacific Northwest Moths (3)
E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Moths of Southeast Arizona (7)
CBIF pinned adult image, distribution in Canada
Works Cited
1.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 .
2.Additions and corrections to the checklist of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico
J. Donald Lafontaine & B. Christian Schmidt. 2011. Zookeys, 149.1805.
3.Pacific Northwest Moths
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.Contributions toward a monograph of the Noctuidae of temperate North America. Revision of the species of Mamestra.
John B Smith. 1891. Proceedings of The United States National Museum 14: 197-276 .
7.Moths of Southeast Arizona
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 24 July, 2007 - 3:23am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 30 September, 2013 - 9:53pm

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