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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Oncocnemidinae » Sympistis » Brown-lined Sallow - Hodges#10059 (Sympistis badistriga)

Species Sympistis badistriga - Brown-lined Sallow - Hodges#10059

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
Brown-lined Sallow - Hodges#10059 - Sympistis badistriga Owlet Moth - Sympistis badistriga Brown-lined Sallow - Hodges#10059 - Sympistis badistriga Sympistis badistriga Sympistis badistriga Sympistis badistriga Sympistis badistriga 10059 Brown-lined Sallow (Sympistis badistriga) - Sympistis badistriga
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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 Oncocnemidinae
Genus Sympistis
Species badistriga (Brown-lined Sallow - Hodges#10059)
Hodges Number
10059
Other Common Names
Honeysuckle Budworm (larva)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Homohadena badistriga
Size
wingspan 30-32 mm
Identification
forewing brown with variable white scaling and small black streaks in subterminal area; AM and PM lines very thin, curved; black basal dash extends to PM line; another black dash extends through reniform spot and upper PM line
hindwing shiny, whitish; brown toward outer margin
[description by Charles Covell]
Range
North America east of the Rockies (but unrecorded between New Jersey and Florida - apparently quite rare in the southeast)
Season
adults fly from June to August
Food
larvae feed on leaves of honeysuckle (Lonicera spp.)
See Also
Sympistis tenuistriga
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)
Pacific Northwest Moths (PNM) (3)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
3.Pacific Northwest Moths
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 30 January, 2005 - 7:50pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Chris Grinter
Last updated 23 November, 2018 - 4:13am

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