Genus Bagisara

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Wavy Lined Mallow Moth - Hodges #9168 - Bagisara repanda

#9175.1 - Bagisara praecelsa - Bagisara praecelsa

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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 Bagisarinae

Genus Bagisara

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Bagisara Walker, 1858; List Lep. Insects. Brit. Mus. 15: 1770

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 12 species of the genus Bagisara in America north of Mexico. (1)

Identification

Adult: forewing variably pale yellowish to dark brown with three untoothed lines crossing the wing; several species look very similar, but the two most common species in the east can be distinguished as follows:

B. repanda: forewing usually shows darkening at the reniform spot and also some dark shading of the three lines; outer margin slightly angulate; wing length 10-12 mm; male foretibia and forefemur with large dense black-tipped scale tufts

B. rectifascia: forewing usually shows no darkening at the reniform spot and no noticeable dark shading of the three lines; outer margin rounded; wing length 12-14 mm; male foretibia and forefemur without black-tipped scale tufts

Comment by Bob Patterson "...photos of B. rectifascia are apt to appear glossy or washed out, while those of B. repanda tend to come out much darker overall."

Range

Southern United States from Florida to California, south to Argentina

one species (B. rectifascia) occurs north to Massachusetts and Manitoba

Print References

Ferguson, D.C., 1997. Review of the New World Bagisarinae with description of two new species from the southern United States (Noctuidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 51(4): 344-357. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

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.	Review of the new world Bagisarinae with description of two new species from the southern United States (Noctuidae) Douglas C. Ferguson. 1997. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 51: 344-357.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 5 September, 2006 - 10:14pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 29 October, 2013 - 3:27pm

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