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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) » Noctuini » Noctuina » Protolampra » Brown-collared Dart - Hodges#11006 (Protolampra brunneicollis)

Species Protolampra brunneicollis - Brown-collared Dart - Hodges#11006

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Brown-collared Dart - Protolampra brunneicollis

9053479 moth - Protolampra brunneicollis

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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 Noctuini

Subtribe Noctuina

Genus Protolampra

Species brunneicollis (Brown-collared Dart - Hodges#11006)

Hodges Number

11006

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Protolampra brunneicollis (Grote, 1865)

Noctua brunneicollis Grote, 1865

Phylogenetic sequence # 933649 (1)

Size

wingspan about 35 mm, based on photo by Jim Vargo at MPG

Range

New Brunswick to Alberta and adjacent northern states, south in the east to North Carolina and Oklahoma

Season

adults fly from June to September

Food

larvae feed on dandelion, Sweet Fern (Comptonia peregrina), and Dwarf Bilberry (Vaccinium cespitosum)

Print References

Lafontaine, J.D., 1998. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.3. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 203; pl. 5, figs. 49-50. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Barcode of Life (BOLD)

pinned adult images plus common name reference, description, similar species, distribution, foodplants (Gerald Fauske, North Dakota State U.)

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum (4)

presence in Oklahoma; PDF doc list (John Fisher, Oklahoma)

distribution in Canada; list of provinces of occurrence (U. of Alberta, using CBIF data)

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.	The Moths of America North of Mexico, Noctuiodea, Noctuinae, Noctuini (Part), Fascicle 27.3 J. Donald LaFontaine. 1998. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	University of Alberta Entomology Collection

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 4 October, 2008 - 2:18pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Steve Morris
Last updated 28 September, 2022 - 7:14am

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