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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Noctuoidea » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Bagisarinae » Bagisarini » Bagisara » Wavy Lined Mallow Moth - Hodges#9168 (Bagisara repanda)

Species Bagisara repanda - Wavy Lined Mallow Moth - Hodges#9168

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Bagisara repanda Bagisara repanda Moth - Bagisara repanda Bagisara repanda
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea
Family Noctuidae (Owlet Moths)
Subfamily Bagisarinae
Tribe Bagisarini
Genus Bagisara
Species repanda (Wavy Lined Mallow Moth - Hodges#9168)
Hodges Number
9168
Explanation of Names
REPANDA: from the Latin "re" (back) + "pandis" (bent); repand means "having an uneven, slightly wavy margin" [Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1983] - probably refers to the lines on the forewing, and is the origin of the suggested common name above
Size
wing length 10-12 mm
Identification
Adult: forewing usually shows darkening at the reniform spot and also some dark shading of the three lines; outer margin slightly angulate (not smoothly rounded); male foretibia and forefemur with large dense black-tipped scale tufts
Range
southern United States from South Carolina to Florida, west to Texas, south to Argentina
Season
in Lousiana, most adults are found from late August to November, with peak numbers in September; flies all year in the tropics and perhaps in Florida
Food
larvae feed on fanpetals (Sida spp.) and possibly other plants in the mallow family (Malvaceae)
See Also
Straight Lined Mallow Moth (Bagisara rectifascia) forewing usually shows no darkening at the reniform spot and no noticeable dark shading of the three lines; outer margin rounded; male foretibia and forefemur without black-tipped scale tufts
See comparison photos by Jim Vargo and additional comment by Bob Patterson here saying that "...photos of B. rectifascia are apt to appear glossy or washed out, while those of B. repanda tend to come out much darker overall."
Print References
Ferguson, Douglas 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. [available online in PDF format here]
Internet References
pinned adult image from Jamaica (Matthew Barnes, Moths of Jamaica)
pinned adult image from the French Antilles (Pierre Zagatti, Catalogue of Lepidoptera of French Antilles)
pinned adult image (James Adams, Dalton State College, Georgia)
pinned adult image plus photos of related species by Jim Vargo (Moth Photographers Group)
larval foodplant plus distribuion map, links to images, synonyms, references (Markku Savela, FUNET)
presence in Florida; list (John Heppner, Florida State Collection of Arthropods)
presence in Texas; list (James Gillaspy, U. of Texas)
presence in South Carolina; county map (John Snyder, Furman U., South Carolina)
Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 5 September, 2006 - 10:14pm
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod
Last updated 18 April, 2007 - 12:58pm

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