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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Dypterygiini » Magusa » Orbed Narrow-wing - Hodges#9637.1 (Magusa divaricata)

Species Magusa divaricata - Orbed Narrow-wing - Hodges#9637.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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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 Dypterygiini

Genus Magusa

Species divaricata (Orbed Narrow-wing - Hodges#9637.1)

Hodges Number

9637.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Magusa divaricata (Grote, 1874)

Stictoptera divaricata Grote, 1874

Former jr. syn. of: Magusa orbifera (Walker)

Phylogenetic sequence # 932282

Numbers

Lafontaine & Schmidt (2010) listed 2 species of the genus Magusa in America north of Mexico. (1)

Size

Forewing length 15-19 mm.(2)

Identification

Range

Southern California across the southern states to Florida and south into the American tropics. The adults stray north to Colorado, Manitoba and Maine from July to November.(2). Also in southern NB (July) AWT.

Season

Adults fly year round in the southern areas and July through November in the northern areas.(2)

Food

Carolina Buckthorn - Frangula [= Rhamnus] caroliniana (Rhamnaceae) - per Berry Nall

See Also

Magusa orbifera (Walker) is found from Miami, Florida and south into the American tropics.

Print References

Brou Jr., Vernon A. 2009. Magusa divaricata (Grote, 1874) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in Louisiana. Southern Lepidopterists' News, 31: 208. PDF

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, pl. 55.5, 55.6; p. 301.(2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Works Cited

1.	Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .

2.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 3 February, 2005 - 8:39am
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman
Last updated 18 July, 2021 - 10:38am

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