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Species Ulolonche culea - Sheathed Quaker - Hodges#10567

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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 Eriopygini
Genus Ulolonche
Species culea (Sheathed Quaker - Hodges#10567)
Hodges Number
10567
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ulolonche culea (Guenée, 1852)
Mesogona culea Guenée, 1852
Tamiocampa culea (Morrison, 1874)
Phylogenetic sequence # 933118 (1)
Size
wingspan about 30 mm, based on photo by Jim Vargo at MPG
Food
Red oak (2)
Print References
Beadle, (2)
Guenée, 1852. Noctuidae I: Noctuidae of North America. 202.
Wagner, (3)
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.Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America
David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.
3.Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America
David L. Wagner. 2011. Princeton University Press.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems