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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) » Apameini » Apamea » Northern Banded Quaker - Hodges#9394 (Apamea contradicta)

Species Apamea contradicta - Northern Banded Quaker - Hodges#9394

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

9394 Apamea contradicta - Apamea contradicta

rufous-brown moth Colorado - Apamea contradicta

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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 Apameini

Genus Apamea

Species contradicta (Northern Banded Quaker - Hodges#9394)

Hodges Number

9394

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Apamea contradicta (Smith, 1895)

Trichoplexia exornata Smith, 1895

Phylogenetic sequence # 93235

Numbers

There are 64 named Apamea species in America north of Mexico. (1)

Size

Wingspan 38-45 mm.

Identification

Distinctive orange-brown forewing has a darker median area within two curved black transverse lines. The sexes are nearly identical.

Photo of specimen from MNT Lepidoptera Collection

Leg. Henry Hensel

Range

Newfoundland and Labrador west to Alberta and south to Colorado.

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Habitat

Boreal forests.

Season

Records of adults are mostly from June to August. (2)

Food

Larval host is unknown but other Apamea feed on the seed heads of grasses.

Print References

Mikkola, K., J.D. Lafontaine & J.D. Gill, 2009. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 26.9: p. 100; pl. 8.22-24.(3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

lepbarcoding.org

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Noctuoidea of Eastern Canada

Works Cited

1.	Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 26.9. Noctuoidea, Noctuidae: Apameini (Part). Mikkola, Kauri, J. Donald Lafontaine, Jocelyn Gill. 2009. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 11 May, 2011 - 4:44pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 24 December, 2017 - 7:44pm

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