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Species Oligia latruncula - Tawny Marbled Minor - Hodges#9415.2

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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)
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