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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 » Mamestra » Mamestra configurata - Hodges#10271 (Mamestra configurata)

Species Mamestra configurata - Hodges#10271

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

For Oregon/and August - Mamestra configurata

day feeding moth - Paramiana? - Mamestra configurata

Mamestra configurata? - Mamestra configurata

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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 Mamestra

Species configurata (Mamestra configurata - Hodges#10271)

Hodges Number

10271

Other Common Names

Bertha Armyworm

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Mamestra occidenta; Grote, 1883

* phylogenetic sequence #932898

Numbers

Two Mamestra species are found in America north of Mexico.(1)

Size

forewing length 14-18 mm.(2)

Range

British Columbia to Saskatchewan south to Texas, Arizona and central California.(2)

Season

Adults have two flights from April to August.(2)

Food

Larval host are various grasses and herbaceous plants.(2)

Print References

Lafontaine J. D., and B. C. Schmidt 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America North of Mexico. p. 90.(1)

Powell, J. A., and P. A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. pl. 55.34, p. 304(2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

Pacific Northwest Moths

Barcode of Life (BOLD)

Moths of Southeastern Arizona - Image of Pinned Adult

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.

Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 15 June, 2007 - 1:08pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Steve Morris
Last updated 27 November, 2023 - 11:30pm

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