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Species Oligia latruncula - Tawny Marbled Minor - Hodges#9415.2

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Oligia sp.? - Oligia latruncula Oligia latruncula Tawny Marbled Minor #1 - Oligia latruncula Tawny Marbled Minor #4 - Oligia latruncula Oligia latruncula Oligia latruncula tawny marbled minor - Oligia latruncula Tawny Marbled Minor #2 - Oligia latruncula
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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 Apameini
Genus Oligia
Species latruncula (Tawny Marbled Minor - Hodges#9415.2)

Hodges Number

9415.2

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Oligia latruncula ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775)
Noctua latruncula Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 (1)
Hodges number follows Pohl, G.R., et al. 2016 (2), MPG lists this as Hodges 9415.2
P3 #932376 (2)

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from Latin latrunculus meaning "thief."

Identification

male genitalia

Remarks

Introduced into NYC from Eurasia (3)

Print References

Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775. Ankündung eines systematischen Werkes von den Schmetterlingen der Wienergegend Ank. syst. Schmett. Wienergegend. p. 89. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (4)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
Schmetterlinge der Schweiz
Moths and Butterflies of Europe
Svenska fjärilar
UK Moths

Works Cited

1.Systematisches Verzeichniß der Schmetterlinge der Wienergegend.
Michael Denis & Ignaz Schiffermüller. 1775. Augustin Bernardi, Wien. pp.323.
2.Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. 2016. ResearchGate.net.
3.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 .
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Steve Nanz on 17 June, 2016 - 3:09am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy, JoAnneRusso, Kyhl Austin
Last updated 30 December, 2019 - 3:11pm

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