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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) » Xylenini » Xylenina » Metaxaglaea » Footpath Sallow Moth - Hodges#9945 (Metaxaglaea semitaria)

Species Metaxaglaea semitaria - Footpath Sallow Moth - Hodges#9945

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

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Footpath Sallow Moth? - Metaxaglaea semitaria

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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 Xylenini

Subtribe Xylenina

Genus Metaxaglaea

Species semitaria (Footpath Sallow Moth - Hodges#9945)

Hodges Number

9945

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Metaxaglaea semitaria Franclemont, 1968 (1)

Glaea viatica Holland, 1903 (misidentification) (2)

Conistra viatica Hampson, 1906

Metaxaglaea viatica Forbes & Franclemont, 1954 (3)

Phylogenetic sequence # 932599

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) included five species of the genus Metaxaglaea in America north of Mexico. (4)

Size

Wingspan range is 40-52 mm, but most specimens are between 46-50 mm. (1)

Identification

Franclemont (1968) description is in PDF or read online. (1)

Range

Heppner (2003) listed the range to include New Hampshire to Florida and Ohio to Texas. (5)

Season

Adults appear to be most common from September to December, and January to February. (6)

Brou (2003) reported November to early March in Louisiana. (7)

Heppner (2003) reported adults fly during November in Florida. (5)

Food

Brou (2003) mentioned the Schweitzer (1979)(2) listing of crabapple and blueberry. (7)

Heppner (2003) listed the larval host plant as Vaccinium (blueberry). (5)

Life Cycle

One generation per year. (8)

Schweitzer (1979) described the larvae, life cycle and host. (2)

See Also

Metaxaglaea australis

Print References

Brou, V.A. 2003. Metaxaglaea of Louisiana. Southern Lepidopterists' News 25: 41-42; figs. 1d, 2d, 3d. (7)

Forbes, W.T.M. & J.G. Franclemont, 1954. The Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States Part 3. Cornell University Agriculture Experiment Station. Memoir: Number 329: 152. (3)

Franclemont, J.G., 1968. A new species of Metaxaglaea (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Cuculliinae). Entomological News, 79: 59, fig. 19. (1)

Hampson, G.F., 1906. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum. London, 6: 461.

Holland, W.J., 1903. Moth Book. Doubleday, Page & Company, London, pl. 26, fig. 38. (9)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (6)

Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (10)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (11)

Works Cited

1.	A new species of Metaxaglaea (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Cuculliinae) John G. Franclemont. 1968. Entomological News 79: 57-63.

2.	A revision of the genus Metaxaglaea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Cuculliinae) with descriptions of two new species. Dale F. Schweitzer. 1979. Postilla 178:1-35.

3.	Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States, Part III [Noctuidae] William T. M. Forbes . 1954. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station Memoir: Number 329: 1-433.

4.	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 .

5.	Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.

6.	North American Moth Photographers Group

7.	Metaxaglaea of Louisiana Vernon Antoine Brou Jr. 2003. Southern Lepidopterists' News, 25: 41-42.

8.	Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America David L. Wagner. 2011. Princeton University Press.

9.	The Moth Book W.J. Holland. 1968. Dover.

10.	Butterflies of North America

11.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 24 November, 2011 - 11:57am
Last updated 16 November, 2013 - 1:20pm

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