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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Phosphilini » Phosphila » Turbulent Phosphila - Hodges#9618 (Phosphila turbulenta)

Species Phosphila turbulenta - Turbulent Phosphila - Hodges#9618

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea
Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)
Tribe Phosphilini
Genus Phosphila
Species turbulenta (Turbulent Phosphila - Hodges#9618)
Hodges Number
9618
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Author: Hübner, 1818
Numbers
2 spp.
Size
Larva less than 35 mm (1)
Identification
Range
TX-FL-ME-IL (1)
Season
At least two generations in the south (1)
Food
Larvae feed on Greenbriar - Smilax sp. (Smilacaceae) (1)
Remarks
A gregarious defoliator (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Works Cited
1.Caterpillars of Eastern North America
By David L. Wagner
Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 11 August, 2005 - 4:23pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Mike Quinn, Jason D. Roberts
Last updated 17 April, 2012 - 4:04pm

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