Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Dichagyris acclivis (Morrison, 1875)
Loxagrotis acclivis (Morrison, 1875)
Agrotis acclivis Morrison, 1875 ]
Synonyms:
Agrotis opaca Harvey, 1875
Rhizagrotis reclivis (Dyar, 1907)
Phylogenetic sequence # 933232
Numbers
Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 26 species of the genus
Dichagyris in America north of Mexico.
(1)Identification
Morrison (1824) original description is online in the print references.
Range
Texas to Nebraska, Ontario, and eastward.
(3)
Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.
Don Lafontaine states
Dichagyris acclivis is found from Texas, eastward and has been confused with the Arizona species
Dichagyris cataclivis.
Season
Adults are most common from June to October.
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(2)See Also
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Compare to others on the pinned plates of
Moth Photographers GroupPrint References
Chaloux, C. 2013. A Noctuid Moth
Dichagyris (Loxagrotis) acclivis 2012.
NYNHP Conservation Guide.
(2)
Harvey, L. F. 1873. An Illustration of North American
Agrotis and
Oncocnemis.
Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences. 3: p.
72, pl. 3, f. 1.
Lafontaine, J. D., 2004.
The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.1. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 85; pl. C.13-14.
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Morrison, H. K. 1824. Notes on North American Lepidoptera.
Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York. p.
93.