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Species Dichagyris madida - Hodges#10885

Representative Images

Dichagyris madida - female Dichagyris madida Dichagyris madida Arizona Moth - Dichagyris madida Dichagyris madida Dichagyris madida Dichagyris madida? - Dichagyris madida Dichagyris madida? - Dichagyris madida
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both

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 Noctuini
Subtribe Agrotina
Genus Dichagyris
Species madida (Dichagyris madida - Hodges#10885)

Hodges Number

10885

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Dichagyris madida (Guenée, 1852)
Richia hahama described in 1919 by Dyar, who originally placed it in genus Agrotis

Numbers

one of 27 species in this genus in North America listed at All-Leps

Size

wingspan about 46 mm, based on photo by Bruce Walsh

Identification

Adult: forewing light pinkish-brown with slightly darker median area; orbicular and reniform spots large, pale; PM line yellowish, with small dark streaks near middle where veins cross; hindwing has pale rosy sheen and distinct veins

Range

Arizona, based on 1 Internet record and 1 BugGuide posting

Season

adults fly in June, based on 1 Internet record and 1 BugGuide posting

Remarks

Thanks to Jan Metlevski for identifying this image.

See Also

Dichagyris lobato forewing is light greenish-yellow (not pinkish-brown), median area is not noticeably darker than remainder of wing, and hindwing is white (not pale rosy)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group – images of live and pinned adults
BOLD Systems - images of pinned DNA supported specimens
pinned adult image plus date and location (Bruce Walsh, Moths of Southeastern Arizona)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 13 August, 2007 - 4:59pm
Additional contributions by Robert Lord Zimlich
Last updated 9 December, 2014 - 2:59am

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