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Genus Oligia

 Marbled Minor - Oligia strigilis moth - Oligia chlorostigma Tawny Marbled Minor - Oligia latruncula Tawny Marbled Minor #2 - Oligia latruncula Oligia strigilis - Marbled Minor - Hodges#9415.1 - Oligia strigilis Dart Moth - Oligia divesta Oligia modica Noctuid moth - Oligia strigilis
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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 Apameini
Genus Oligia
Other Common Names
several species have "Brocade" in their common name
Numbers
20 species in North America (Nearctica.com)
10 species in eastern Canada (CBIF)
11 species in western Canada (CBIF)
Range
represented coast to coast in North America
several species are holarctic, and a number of Oligia species are palearctic (occuring in Eurasia only)
Remarks
formerly placed in subfamily Amphipyrinae
Internet References
pinned adult images of all 10 species occurring in eastern Canada (CBIF)
pinned adult images of all 11 species occurring in western Canada (CBIF)