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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 » Noctuina » Hemipachnobia » Sundew Dart - Hodges#10993.1 (Hemipachnobia monochromatea)

Species Hemipachnobia monochromatea - Sundew Dart - Hodges#10993.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Sundew Dart - Hodges #10993.1 - Hemipachnobia monochromatea - female Hemipachnobia monochromatea - male Sundew Cutworm - Hemipachnobia monochromatea Hemipachnobia monochromatea - female Hemipachnobia monochromatea - male Hemipachnobia monochromatea - male Hemipachnobia monochromatea - male Noctuidae - Hemipachnobia monochromatea - male
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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 Noctuina
Genus Hemipachnobia
Species monochromatea (Sundew Dart - Hodges#10993.1)
Hodges Number
10993.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hemipachnobia monochromatea (Morrison, 1874)
* phylogenetic sequence #933546
*formerly considered subspecies of Hemipachnobia subporphyrea.
Numbers
Two Hemipachnobia species are found in America north of Mexico.(1)
Size
wingspan about 30 mm.
Identification
determined by Hugh McGuinness

genitalia
Range
Northeastern United States south to North Carolina; Alberta
Habitat
Bogs, wetlands, mesic pinelands(2)
Food
larval hosts include sundew (Drosera spp.), cranberry, blueberry and sheep laurel(2)
See Also
Hemipachnobia subporphyrea - pinned adult @ Moth Photographers Group
Print References
Poole, R. W, 1989; Noctuidae; Lepidopterorum catalogus (New Series, Fasc. 118).(3)
Lafontaine, J. D., 1998. Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.3: p. 52; pl. 1.36-38.[Cite: 163323,52]
Lafontaine J. D., and B. C. Schmidt 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America North of Mexico. p. 108.(1)
Wagner, David L., 2011. Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America. p. 536.(2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - range map and photos of pinned adults.
BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems - species account with collection map and photos of pinned adults.
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum - photo of pinned adult.
Moth Photographers Group - photo of pinned Hemipachnobia monochromatea and related species.
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.Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America
David L. Wagner. 2011. Princeton University Press.
3.Noctuidae; Lepidopterorum Catalogus (Lepidopterorum Catalogues New Series Fasc 118) Part 1 & 2)
Poole, R. W. 1989. CRC Press .
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 29 May, 2012 - 10:35pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, JoAnneRusso
Last updated 29 March, 2022 - 2:56pm

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