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Species Autographa corusca - Hodges#8918

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862 - Autographa corusca 8918 - Looper Moth - Autographa corusca - female 836a Autographa corusca 8918 - Looper Moth - Autographa corusca - female Moth found in kitchen - Autographa corusca for Oregon July - Autographa corusca moth on rattlesnake orchid - Autographa corusca looper moth - Autographa corusca 931201 Autographa corusca - Autographa corusca Unknown Moth - Autographa corusca
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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 Plusiinae (Looper Moths)
Tribe Plusiini
Subtribe Plusiina
Genus Autographa
Species corusca (Autographa corusca - Hodges#8918)

Hodges Number

8918

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Autographa corusca (Strecker, 1885)
Plusia corusca Strecker 1885
Phytometera corusca
Phylogenetic sequence # 931201 (1)

Numbers

Size

Powell & Opler (2009) listed the forewing length 15-16 mm. (2)

Range

Eichlin & Cunningham (1978) listed the ranged to include Alaska to California and Colorado.(3)

Season

The main flight period appears to be June to October. (4)

Food

Crumb (1956) listed Alnus sp. (alder). (5)
Eichlin & Cunningham (1978) listed Salvia leucophylla (purple sage). (3)

Print References

Eichlin, T.D. & H.B. Cunningham, 1978. The Plusiinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of America north of Mexico, emphasizing genitalic and larval morphology. USDA Tech. Bulletin 1567: 1-122. (3)
Lafontaine, J.D. & R.W., Poole, 1991. The Moths of America North of Mexico, Fascicle 25.1. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation. p. 89; pl. 2, figs. 25-26. (6)
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, pl. 49, fig. 36; p. 278. (2)
Strecker, H., 1885. Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 178.

Internet References

Pacific Northwest Moths (7)
Moth Photographers Group (4)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (8)

Works Cited

1.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 .
2.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
3.The Plusiinae (Lepidoptera:Noctuidae) of America north of Mexico, emphasizing genitalic and larval morphology
Thomas D. Eichlin, Hugh B. Cunningham. 1978. United States Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin 1567: 1-121.
4.North American Moth Photographers Group
5.The Larvae of the Phalaenidae [Noctuidae]
Samuel Ebb Crumb. 1956. U.S. Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin 1135: 1-356.
6.The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 25.1. Noctuoidea, Noctuidae (part), Plusiinae
J. Donald Lafontaine, Robert W. Poole. 1991. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
7.Pacific Northwest Moths
8.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Tony on 9 August, 2007 - 3:50pm
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott, Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 1 September, 2014 - 1:03pm

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