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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) » Hadenini » Dargida » The Pink-Streak - Hodges#10434 (Dargida rubripennis)

Species Dargida rubripennis - The Pink-Streak - Hodges#10434

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
10434 Pink Streak - - Dargida rubripennis Dargida rubripennis - The Pink-Streak - Dargida rubripennis The Pink-Streak - Hodges#10434 - Dargida rubripennis Noctuidae - Dargida rubripennis Dargida rubripennis - Dargida rubripennis The Pink-Streak - Hodges#10434 - Dargida rubripennis Pennsylvania Moth - Dargida rubripennis Dargida rubripennis
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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 Hadenini
Genus Dargida
Species rubripennis (The Pink-Streak - Hodges#10434)
Hodges Number
10434
Other Common Names
Pink Streak Moth
The Pink Streak
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Dargida rubripennis (Grote & Robinson, 1870)
Faronta rubripennis Grote & Robinson, 1870
Phylogenetic sequence # 932931 (1)
Explanation of Names
rubripennis (L). 'red wing' - reference to the forewing color
Size
Wingspan 32-37 mm. (2)
Identification
Forewing yellowish-white, streaked with dull pink above and below whitish streak along main (cubital) vein; outer margin of forewing and white hindwing shaded with dull pink.
[adapted from description by Charles Covell]
Range
mostly e US to KS & TX - Map (3)
Season
The flight periods appear to be January to February and July to October. (MPG)
Food
Switchgrass (4) and possibly other grasses
Remarks
Rare northward; may be locally common southward (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - MPG (3)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) - BAMONA (5)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)
Maryland Moths - Larry Line
Moths of Southeastern Arizona - Bruce Walsh
distribution in Canada Ontario only (U. of Alberta, using CBIF data)
Wisconsin DNR
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.Field Guide to Moths of Eastern North America
Charles V. Covell, Jr. 2005.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.Owlet Caterpillars of Eastern North America
David L. Wagner. 2011. Princeton University Press.
5.Butterflies of North America
6.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 10 June, 2007 - 10:55am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, Chris Grinter, marcie oconnor
Last updated 25 November, 2017 - 9:30pm

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