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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) » Eriopygini » Anhimella » Anhimella pacifica - Hodges#10531 (Anhimella pacifica)

Species Anhimella pacifica - Hodges#10531

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

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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 Anhimella

Species pacifica (Anhimella pacifica - Hodges#10531)

Hodges Number

10531

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Anhimella pacifica McDunnough, 1943

Size

Forewing length: 12-13 mm (1), wingspan: ~30 mm (2).

Identification

"This species can usually be identified by its small size and gray-brown color, pale filled smooth antemedial and postmedial lines, a light mark below the apex, dark-filled forewing spots, and light hindwing" (1).

Range

British Columbia south to southern California and southwestern Arizona (2).

Habitat

"This species is found in relatively dry, open habitats. It appears to be rare and sporadic in grasslands at low elevations east of the Cascades, and may be more common in dry grasslands or oak savanna in California" (1).

Season

March to October (2), may be double-brooded (1).

See Also

Anhimella contrahens

Anhimella perbrunnea

Protorthodes alfkenii

Print References

McDunnough, J.H. 1943. Hadenine notes and descriptions The Canadian Entomologist. 75: 49, pl. 3, fig. 2

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Species page at Pacific Northwest Moths (1)

Works Cited

1.	Pacific Northwest Moths

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 25 December, 2016 - 10:49pm
Last updated 27 December, 2016 - 11:50pm

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