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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 » Sunira » Sunira decipiens - Hodges#9958 (Sunira decipiens)

Species Sunira decipiens - Hodges#9958

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Print References · Internet References
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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 Sunira
Species decipiens (Sunira decipiens - Hodges#9958)
Hodges Number
9958
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Sunira decipiens (Grote, 1881)
Orthosia decipiens Grote, 1881
Orthosia acta Smith, 1907
Range
Type locality (decipiens): northern Indiana.
Type locality (acta): Corvallis, OR; Pullman, WA; "Corfield" [near Duncan?], Vancouver Island, BC; "Livingston", Vancouver Island, BC.
Print References
Grote, A.R., 1882. Article X. - North American moths, with a preliminary catalogue of the species of Hadena and Polia. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, 6(2): 269.
Smith, J.B., 1907. New species of Noctuidæ for 1907. No. 1. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 33: 133.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification.
Species Page at Pacific Northwest Moths
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 19 January, 2010 - 6:52pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 16 October, 2022 - 5:08am

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