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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Oncocnemidinae » Pleromelloida » Pleromelloida conserta - Hodges#10027 (Pleromelloida conserta)

Species Pleromelloida conserta - Hodges#10027

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · See Also · Internet References

unknown Noctuid - Pleromelloida conserta

Pleromelloida conserta ? - Pleromelloida conserta

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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 Oncocnemidinae

Genus Pleromelloida

Species conserta (Pleromelloida conserta - Hodges#10027)

Hodges Number

10027

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

P. apposita, obliquata, smithi are all treated as synonyms at All-Leps

Numbers

one of 4 species in this genus in North America listed at All-Leps

Size

wingspan about 30 mm

Identification

Adult has two color forms: forewing of dark form (see image) blackish except for white patches in basal area and along costa, and gray-and-white checkered fringe; forewing of light form (see image) medium gray with jagged black lines and black veins; hindwing of both forms brownish-gray with dark veins and discal spot

Range

British Columbia to California, east to Utah, north to Saskatchewan

Season

adults fly in spring

Food

larvae feed on leaves of Common Snowberry (Symphoricarpos albus) and Lonicera, members of the Caprifoliaceae family

Remarks

page creation based on Gary Anweiler's identification of this image

See Also

Pleromelloida cinerea forewing slightly paler gray with more contrasting lines, conspicuous black streaks in subterminal area (especially near apex), and paler whitish-gray hindwing

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

Pacific Northwest Moths

Barcode of Life (BOLD)

pinned adult image of "obliquata" which is a synonym of conserta (California Dept. of Food and Agriculture)

presence in Oregon; list given as "obliquata" which is a synonym of conserta (Oregon State U.)

presence in Utah; list given as "obliquata" which is a synonym of conserta (Joel Johnson, Utah Lepidopterists' Society)

presence in California; list (U. of California at Berkeley)

flight season and larval foodplants of "obliquata" (Jeff Miller, Macromoths of Northwest Forests and Woodlands, USGS)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 26 June, 2006 - 7:11pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Steve Morris
Last updated 16 April, 2023 - 7:02pm

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