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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) » Xylenini » Xylenina » Anathix » Dotted Sallow Moth - Hodges#9961 (Anathix ralla)

Species Anathix ralla - Dotted Sallow Moth - Hodges#9961

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
Moth Sept 3 2008 1 - Anathix ralla moth - Anathix ralla Moth 001_MG_4445 - Anathix ralla Could it be Anathix ralla? - Anathix ralla Anathix ralla A Noctuid Moth - Anathix ralla Dotted Sallow - Anathix ralla Noctuidae ? - Anathix ralla
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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 Xylenini
Subtribe Xylenina
Genus Anathix
Species ralla (Dotted Sallow Moth - Hodges#9961)
Hodges Number
9961
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Anathix ralla (Grote & Robinson, 1868)
Size
TL ≈ 17-21
Identification
Adult: Orange FW has slightly scalloped, double AM and PM lines. Angled brown median band is often conspicuous. ST and terminal lines are rows of black dots. Orbicular and re-niform spots have diffuse blackish dots in inner halves. (1)
Food
Larva feed on trembling aspen (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group – species page (2)
BOLD Systems - images of DNA supported specimens (3)
Works Cited
1.Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America
David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by David J. Ferguson on 25 July, 2009 - 3:43pm
Additional contributions by Bob Patterson, Tony-2, Robert Lord Zimlich
Last updated 18 January, 2024 - 8:24am

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