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Species Pseudohermonassa bicarnea - Pink-spotted Dart Moth - Hodges#10950

Pink-spotted Dart - Pseudohermonassa bicarnea

Noctuidae: Pseudohermonassa bicarnea - Pseudohermonassa bicarnea

Black Moth 1 - Pseudohermonassa bicarnea

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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 Pseudohermonassa

Species bicarnea (Pink-spotted Dart Moth - Hodges#10950)

Hodges Number

10950

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Pseudohermonassa bicarnea (Guenée, 1852)

Xestia bicarnea (Guenée, 1852)

Graphiphora bicarnea (Guenée, 1852)

Noctua bicarnea Guenée, 1852

Phylogenetic sequence # 933629

Explanation of Names

BICARNEA: from the Latin "bi" (two) + "carnis" (flesh); refers to the two pinkish spots on the forewing, suggestive of raw meat or exposed flesh

Size

Wingspan 32-43 mm.

Identification

Adult: forewing dark purplish-brown with pinkish-orange blotches near base and at top of PM line; lines double, black; orbicular spot angled, open toward costa, interrupting black bar from AM line to reniform spot; hindwing grayish-brown, darker at outer margin.

[description by Charles Covell]

Range

Newfoundland to North Carolina, west to Minnesota and Saskatchewan

Season

The flight period is June to October. (1)

Food

The larvae feed on many plants, including birch, clover, and maple.

Print References

Guenée, 1852. Noctuidae 1: 329, 546.

Lafontaine, J.D., 1998. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 27.3. : p. 179; pl. 5.1. (2)

Walker, F., 1903. Noctuidae. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, 10: 400.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (1)

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

pinned adult image (CBIF)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

distribution in Canada list of provinces (U. of Alberta, using CBIF data)

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	The Moths of America North of Mexico, Noctuiodea, Noctuinae, Noctuini (Part), Fascicle 27.3 J. Donald LaFontaine. 1998. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 27 January, 2005 - 2:01am
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Maury Heiman, Nick Block
Last updated 29 August, 2021 - 1:20pm

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