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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) » Noctuini » Agrotina » Eucoptocnemis » Eucoptocnemis dollii - Hodges#10643 (Eucoptocnemis dollii)

Species Eucoptocnemis dollii - Hodges#10643

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

Eucoptocnemis dolli (Grote), 1882 - Hodges' # 10643 - Eucoptocnemis dollii - male

Trichocerapoda oblita? - Eucoptocnemis dollii - female

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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 Noctuini

Subtribe Agrotina

Genus Eucoptocnemis

Species dollii (Eucoptocnemis dollii - Hodges#10643)

Hodges Number

10643

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

formerly Agrotis dollii; transferred to genus Eucoptocnemis by Lafontaine in 2004

Explanation of Names

Named in honor of famed collector and curator Jacob Doll (1847-1929) of the Brooklyn Museum. (1)

Size

wingspan about 35 mm

Identification

Adult: forewing grayish-brown with no discernible lines; diffuse dusting of lighter and darker scales show little contrast against ground color; reniform spot indistinct; slightly darker grayish shading in terminal area, along costa near apex, and along inner margin near base; hindwing white with gray scaling along veins

Range

Arizona, New Mexico, southwest Colorado, southwest Texas (2)

Habitat

desert

Season

early Sept to mid-October (2)

Remarks

page creation based on Jan Metlevski's identification of this image

See Also

Eucoptocnemis canescens is generally found west and north of the range of dollii

Print References

Lafontaine, J.D. 2004. Noctuoidea, Noctuidae (part). In The Moths of America North of Mexico. fasc. 27.1

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

Barcode of Life (BOLD)

US distribution map (Moths of North America, USGS)

Works Cited

1.	American Entomologists Arnold Mallis. 1971. Rutgers University Press.

2.	The Moths of America North of Mexico, Noctuoidea, Noctuidae (Part), Noctuinae (Part-Agrotini), Fascicle 27.1 J. Donald Lafontaine. 2004. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 12 May, 2006 - 8:04am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, Steve Morris
Last updated 4 January, 2024 - 9:17pm

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