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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Amphipyrinae » Amphipyrini » Amphipyra » Mouse Moth - Hodges#9639 (Amphipyra tragopoginis)

Species Amphipyra tragopoginis - Mouse Moth - Hodges#9639

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · 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 Amphipyrinae
Tribe Amphipyrini
Genus Amphipyra
Species tragopoginis (Mouse Moth - Hodges#9639)
Hodges Number
9639
Other Common Names
Noctuelle du salsifis - En français… Ilze V-G.
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Amphipyra tragopoginis (Clerck, 1759)
Explanation of Names
TRAGOPOGINIS: from the larval host, Oyster Plant (Tragopogon porrifolius) and the two species of Goat's-beard with which Oyster Plant hybridizes (T. pratensis, T. dubius)
Size
Forewing length 16-18 mm.(1)
Identification
Adult: forewing highly reflective and uniformly dark grayish-brown with triangular pattern of three black spots near middle of wing
hindwing whitish at base, shading gradually to medium brown at outer margin


Larva: body slender, smooth, green, with prominent white dorsal and lateral lines
Range
Found inland from Pacific and Atlantic coasts.
Range map at Moth Photographers Group(2)
Season
Most adult records are June to October.
Food
The larvae feed on flowers, seeds, and leaves of Oyster Plant and Goat's-beard (Tragopogon spp.) plus columbine, dogbane, geranium, hawthorn, plantain, and a number of other low plants.
Remarks
This species has a Holarctic distribution and might have been introduced into North America from Europe (Forbes 1954).(3)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group(2)
Pacific Northwest Moths(1)
BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data System (4)
Works Cited
1.Pacific Northwest Moths
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States, Part III [Noctuidae]
William T. M. Forbes . 1954. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station Memoir: Number 329: 1-433.
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 20 March, 2005 - 6:30pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Beatriz Moisset, Tony-2, Maury Heiman, Blocky
Last updated 30 August, 2021 - 12:30pm

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