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Species Xylotype arcadia - Acadian Sallow - Hodges#9980

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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 Xylenini
Subtribe Antitypina
Genus Xylotype
Species arcadia (Acadian Sallow - Hodges#9980)

Hodges Number

9980

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Xylotype acadia (Barnes & Benjamin, 1922)

Identification

Ash gray FW is boldly marked with scalloped white AM & PM that converge toward inner margin. Large pale orbicular and reniform spots are outlined white. Black dashes in inner margin and anal angle are conspicuous. (1)

Range

coast to coast in Canada and adjacent parts of US

Remarks

A specimen collected in British Columbia and mistakenly identified as Xylotype capax by Jones in 1951 has been re-identified as X. arcadia (naturewatch.ca); X. capax does not occur in Canada.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group
Pacific Northwest Moths
Barcode of Life (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America
David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 5 February, 2005 - 12:03am
Additional contributions by Robert Lord Zimlich, marcie oconnor, Steve Morris
Last updated 15 May, 2023 - 9:20pm

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