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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Stiriinae » Stiriini » Neumoegenia » Poetry Moth - Hodges#9737 (Neumoegenia poetica)

Species Neumoegenia poetica - Poetry Moth - Hodges#9737

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

Acontiinae? caterpillar - Neumoegenia poetica

Abrostola? caterpillar - Neumoegenia poetica

Larva, Abrostola parvula? - Neumoegenia poetica

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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 Stiriinae

Tribe Stiriini

Genus Neumoegenia

Species poetica (Poetry Moth - Hodges#9737)

Hodges Number

9737

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Neumoegenia poetica Grote, 1882

Neumoegenia smithi Druce, 1889

Kallitrichia sagittalba Ottolengui, 1898

Phylogenetic sequence # 931699

Numbers

The only species in the genus found in America north of Mexico.

Size

Forewing length 10-12 mm.(1)

Identification

Adult - Dorsal surface of forewing is a shiny metallic greenish-bronze color with a white strip along the costa.

Range

Limited to southern Arizona.(1)

Season

Adults have one flight from July to August.(1)

Food

Franclemont reared it on Bidens leptocephala, (fewflower beggarticks).(1)

Print References

Grote, A.R. 1882. New Arizonian and Texan moths. Papilio 2(8): 132

Holland, W. J. 1915. The moth book: a popular guide to a knowledge of the moths of North America. p.235 (2)

Poole, R.W. 1995. The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 26.1, p.150; pl.4.46. (3)

Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. p.290, pl.52.21 (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (4)

Nearctica.com (5)

Moths of SE Arizona (6)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (7)

Works Cited

1.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

2.	Color Plates from The Moth Book by W.J. Holland

3.	The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 26.1. Noctuoidea, Noctuidae: Cuculliinae, Stiriinae, Psaphidinae. Robert W. Poole. 1995. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

4.	North American Moth Photographers Group

5.	Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)

6.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

7.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 31 July, 2007 - 8:09pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Ethan Kistler, Randy Hardy
Last updated 31 July, 2013 - 11:55am

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