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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Acronictinae » Harrisimemna » Harris's Three Spot - Hodges#9286 (Harrisimemna trisignata)

Species Harrisimemna trisignata - Harris's Three Spot - Hodges#9286

Classification · Hodges Number · Size · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References
mysterious screen door moth - Harrisimemna trisignata Harris's Three Spot - Hodges#9286 - Harrisimemna trisignata Harris' Three-spot Moth - Harrisimemna trisignata Harris's Three Spot - Hodges#9286 - Harrisimemna trisignata Harrisimemna trisignata #9286 - Harrisimemna trisignata Harris's Three spot caterpillar boring into log - Harrisimemna trisignata Harris's Three spot caterpillar boring into log - Harrisimemna trisignata Harris's Three Spot - Hodges#9286 - Harrisimemna trisignata
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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 Acronictinae
Genus Harrisimemna
Species trisignata (Harris's Three Spot - Hodges#9286)
Hodges Number
9286
Size
wingspan about 31 mm
Range
at least Eastern US and Canada
Food
larval food: broadleaf trees and shrubs

Larvae have been recorded on Lonicera morrowii (Morrow Honeysuckle), wild rasin, Winterberry, Bush Honeysuckle, Black Willow, White ash, and apple.
Print References
Lafontaine JD, Schmidt BC (2010) Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North
America north of Mexico. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - species page with photographs of living and pinned adults.
Moth Photographers Group - photograph of pinned adult and related species for comparison.
Insects of Cedar Creek - photograph of pinned adult.
Georgia Leps--shows pinned male and female
Maryland Moths - photograph of pinned adults.
Brackenridge Field Laboratory Moth List - presence in central Texas
USGS - photograph of caterpillar
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Maury Heiman
Last updated 17 July, 2010 - 10:28am

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