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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) » Xylenini » Xylenina » Brachylomia » Brachylomia rectifascia - Hodges#9995 (Brachylomia rectifascia)

Species Brachylomia rectifascia - Hodges#9995

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Internet References

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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 Xylenini

Subtribe Xylenina

Genus Brachylomia

Species rectifascia (Brachylomia rectifascia - Hodges#9995)

Hodges Number

9995

Explanation of Names

rectifascia: from the Latin "rectus" (straight) + "fascia" (a band); refers to the straight black band across the forewing

Numbers

one of 7 species in this genus in North America listed at All-Leps

Size

wingspan about 32 mm, based on photo by Jim Vargo at MPG

Identification

Adult: forewing gray with pale reniform spot and straight black band crossing wing in median area; AM and PM lines double; hindwing whitish with gray shading

Range

British Columbia to central California, east to Colorado

Season

adults fly in summer: mostly August and September in California

Food

larvae feed on leaves of flowering trees and shrubs

See Also

Brachylomia discinigra forewing median band is not as dark and not as straight

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

Pacific Northwest Moths

Barcode of Life (BOLD)

presence in Colorado; list (Paul Opler, Moths of Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USGS)

presence in California; list of 7 specimen records with dates and locations (U. of California at Berkeley)

presence in Oregon; list of 37 locally-collected specimens in collection (Oregon State U.)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 6 August, 2007 - 5:35pm
Additional contributions by Steve Morris
Last updated 28 January, 2023 - 11:22am

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