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Species Euplexia benesimilis - American Angle Shades - Hodges#9545

Euplexia benesimilis - American Angle Shades - Euplexia benesimilis

Noctuidae, American Angle Shades - Euplexia benesimilis

American Angle Shades - Euplexia benesimilis

American Angle Shades - Hodges#9545 - Euplexia benesimilis

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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

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Pacific Northwest Moths

iNaturalist

Maryland Biodiversity Project

Contributed by Tony DiTerlizzi on 25 April, 2006 - 10:37am
Additional contributions by Tony-2, John Davis, marcie oconnor
Last updated 4 February, 2022 - 9:22am

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