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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Heliothinae » Heliolonche » Heliolonche pictipennis - Hodges#11210 (Heliolonche pictipennis)

Species Heliolonche pictipennis - Hodges#11210

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References · Works Cited
Heliolonche pictipennis - male - female Heliolonche pictipennis - male - female Small Owlet Moth - Heliolonche pictipennis Heliolonche pictipennis Heliolonche pictipennis Small Moth - Heliolonche pictipennis Heliolonche pictipennis Small white moth with pink stripes - Heliolonche pictipennis
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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 Heliothinae
Genus Heliolonche
Species pictipennis (Heliolonche pictipennis - Hodges#11210)
Hodges Number
11210
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Heliolonche pictipennis (Grote, 1875)
Phylogenetic sequence #932187
Size
Wingspan: 16–17 mm (1)
FWL: 7 - 8 mm (2)
Identification
See PNW Moths reference for detailed description of adult
Season
Adults are exclusively diurnal, flying in late spring and early summer. (2)
Food
Larval food plants: Malacothrix glabrata, and Rafinesquia neomexicana, both closely related Asteraceae (HW). (1)
(See also U of AZ's Moths of Southeastern Arizona link below)
Life Cycle
The moths fly among the foodplants and rest on the flower. The moth is enclosed by the petals of Malacothrix when the flower closes in the afternoon. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group – images of live and pinned adults (3)
BOLD Systems - images of pinned DNA supported specimens (4)
Wikipedia (1)
Pacific Northwest Moths – detailed description & images of pinned adults (2)
Some California records at California Moth Database.
U of AZ's Moths of Southeastern Arizona lists food plants, and has a photo of a pinned specimen from Quatzsite, Yuma county, AZ.
Works Cited
1.Wikipedia
2.Pacific Northwest Moths
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 6 March, 2009 - 10:13am
Additional contributions by Robert Lord Zimlich
Last updated 21 February, 2016 - 12:50am

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