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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Grotellinae » Grotella » Grotella sampita - Hodges#11215 (Grotella sampita)

Species Grotella sampita - Hodges#11215

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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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 Grotellinae

Genus Grotella

Species sampita (Grotella sampita - Hodges#11215)

Hodges Number

11215

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Grotella sampita Barnes, 1907

Phylogenetic sequence # 931702

Size

Barnes (1907) reported the wingspan.

♀ 24 mm.

♂ 22 mm.

Identification

The original description by Barnes is available online in the print references below.

Specimen identified by DNA analysis (BOLD) (1)

Range

California(2) and Nevada to Colorado and western Texas.(3), (4)

Type locations: Colorado and southern Arizona. (93).

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Season

Adults are most common from July through September. (3)

March records for California. (3)

See Also

Grotella septempunctata

Homolagoa grotelliformis generally lacks black spots along the terminal line and has a different arrangement of spots on the AM and PM bands.

Print References

Barnes, W., 1907. New species of North American Lepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist. 39: 93.

Poole, R.W. 1995. The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 26.1. Noctuoidea, Noctuidae: Cuculliinae, Stiriinae, Psaphidinae, 249. (5)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Noctuidae of North America - nearctica.com (6)

Moths of Southeastern Arizona (4)

Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (7)

Works Cited

1.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

2.	Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

5.	The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 26.1. Noctuoidea, Noctuidae: Cuculliinae, Stiriinae, Psaphidinae. Robert W. Poole. 1995. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

6.	Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)

7.	Butterflies of North America

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 2 August, 2010 - 9:54pm
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 6 August, 2023 - 11:27am

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