Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Nephelodes minians Guenée, 1852
Phalaena emmedonia of authors not Cramer, 1779
Nephelodes adusta Buckett, 1973
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Graphiphora expansa Walker, 1857
Nephelodes mendica Barnes & Lindsey, 1921
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Nephelodes rubeolans Guenée, 1852
Graphiphora subdolens Walker, 1857
Monosca subnotata Walker, 1869
Nephelodes violans Guenée, 1852
Nephelodes tertialis Smith, 1903
Nephelodes pectinatus Smith, 1900
Subspecies:
Nephelodes minians minians
Nephelodes minians tertialis
Nephelodes minians pectinatus
Phylogenetic sequence # 932810
(2) Size
Powell & Opler (2009) listed the forewing length 14-19 mm.
(3)Identification
Forewing ground color extremely variable, from light tan/yellowish, to pinkish, rosy, rusty, grayish, or various shades of brown; a dark U-shaped band surrounds the reniform spot medially.
Specimens identified by DNA analysis:
Genitalia:
The larva have large head, tan to honey-colored; body thick, dark brown with bronzy sheen, three yellowish dorsal stripes extend along body.
Range
Throughout North America.
Season
The adults fly from July to October.
Food
The larvae feed on grasses, including cereal crops and corn.
(3)Life Cycle
Eggs; Larva; Adult Female with Eggs:
Print References
Buckett, J.S. 1972 [1973]. A new species of Nephelodes Guenée from the Great Basin area of northeastern California.
The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera. 11(4):
260-268.
Guenée, M.A. 1852 in Boisduval & Guenée. Noctuélites.
Histoire naturelle des insectes. Spécies général des lépidoptères. 5(1):
130
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009.
Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, pl. 55, fig. 19; p. 302.
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Smith, J.B. 1900. New Noctuids from British North America, with notes on some others.
The Canadian Entomologist. x:
221.
Smith, J.B. 1903. New Noctuids for 1903, No. 2, with notes on
Mamestra and
Scotogramma.
Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 11:
19.
