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Species Noctua comes - Lesser Yellow Underwing - Hodges#11003.2

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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 Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)
Tribe Noctuini
Genus Noctua (Yellow Underwings)
Species comes (Lesser Yellow Underwing - Hodges#11003.2)
Hodges Number
11003.2
Identification
Similar to Noctua pronuba (Large Yellow Underwing) but hindwing has a small black arc, apparently lacking in N. pronuba.
Range
Currently occurs in Canada only in British Columbia: Vancouver area and southern Vancouver Island (Jeremy Tatum)
Remarks
A European species first seen in the Vancouver BC area in 1982.
Internet References
live larva, pupa, adult images plus other info (Jeremy Tatum)