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Species Euplexia benesimilis - American Angle Shades - Hodges#9545

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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 Phlogophorini
Genus Euplexia
Species benesimilis (American Angle Shades - Hodges#9545)
Hodges Number
9545
Identification
Food
generalist on many types of herbaceous vegetation including ferns, shrubs and trees, and conifers (Pacific Northwest Moths)
Life Cycle
Larva; larva; spent pupa; adult