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Species Syngrapha celsa - Hodges#8944

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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 Plusiinae (Looper Moths)
Tribe Plusiini
Subtribe Plusiina
Genus Syngrapha
Species celsa (Syngrapha celsa - Hodges#8944)
Hodges Number
8944
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Syngrapha celsa (H. Edwards, 1881)
Plusia celsa Hy. Edwards, 1881
Autographa celsa
Syngrapha octoscripta ab. beta Strand, 1917
Syngrapha altera ab. alterana Strand, 1917
Autographa celsa race sierrae Ottolengui, 1919
Phylogenetic sequence # 931229
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2012) included 24 species of the genus Syngrapha in America north of Mexico. (1)
Size
Powell & Opler (2009) listed the forewing length as 15-19 mm. (2)
Range
Alaska, south to California and Utah. (3), (4)
Season
The adults are most common from May to October. (5)
Food
Abies grandis, A. lasiocarpa (6); Picea glauca, Tsuga heterophylla (Ross & Evans, 1957); Picea engelnmnii, Pinus monticola (Prentice, 1962)
Print References
Edwards, Hy. 1881. Descriptions of some new N. American moths. Papilio 1(6): 101
Eichlin, T.D. & H.B. Cunningham, 1978. The Plusiinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of America north of Mexico, emphasizing genitalic and larval morphology. United States Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin 1567: 1-122. (4)
Lafontaine, J.D. & R.W. Poole, 1991. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 25.1: 118; plate 3.45-47. (7)
Ottolengui, R. 1919. Notes on the Plusiinae, with descriptions of new species and races. Journal of the New York Entomological Society, 27(3-4): Pl.15, f.9. (8)
Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America, plate 50, fig. 6; p. 279. (2)
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.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
3.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
4.The Plusiinae (Lepidoptera:Noctuidae) of America north of Mexico, emphasizing genitalic and larval morphology
Thomas D. Eichlin, Hugh B. Cunningham. 1978. United States Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin 1567: 1-121.
5.North American Moth Photographers Group
6.The Larvae of the Phalaenidae [Noctuidae]
Samuel Ebb Crumb. 1956. U.S. Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin 1135: 1-356.
7.The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 25.1. Noctuoidea, Noctuidae (part), Plusiinae
J. Donald Lafontaine, Robert W. Poole. 1991. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
8.Notes on the Plusiinae, with descriptions of new species and races.
R. Ottolengui. 1919. New York Entomological Society, 27:117-126.
9.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems