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Species Scotogramma submarina - Hodges#10238

Scotogramma submarina - Hodges #10238 - Scotogramma submarina moth - Scotogramma submarina Scotogramma submarina
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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 Hadenini
Genus Scotogramma
Species submarina (Scotogramma submarina - Hodges#10238)
Hodges Number
10238
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Scotogramma submarina – (Grote, 1883)
Scotogramma addenda - (Barnes & Benjamin, 1924) (1)
Identification
See description at Pacific Northwest Moths here (2)
Habitat
This species is widely distributed on the dry short-grass prairies of the Great Plains, extending west of the Rocky Mountains to very dry sagebrush steppe in the Great Basin region. The species is rare and barely enters the Pacific Northwest in southeastern Oregon. (2)
Internet References
Images and Info at Pacific Northwest Moths
Images and Info at Moth Photographers Group
Images and Info at Barcoding Life
Works Cited
1.Additions and corrections to the checklist of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico
J. Donald Lafontaine & B. Christian Schmidt. 2011. Zookeys, 149.1805.
2.Pacific Northwest Moths
Contributed by Steve Nanz on 2 March, 2015 - 3:41am
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 21 December, 2022 - 8:54am

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