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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) » Apameini » Xylomoia » Oblique Brocade Moth - Hodges#9401 (Xylomoia indirecta)

Species Xylomoia indirecta - Oblique Brocade Moth - Hodges#9401

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · Food · Print References · 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 Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)
Tribe Apameini
Genus Xylomoia
Species indirecta (Oblique Brocade Moth - Hodges#9401)
Hodges Number
9401
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Xylomoia indirecta – (Grote, 1875)
formerly Oligia indirecta
* phylogenetic sequence #932417

Originally described by Grote in 1875 as Hadena indirecta
Size
Forewing length 12-13 mm.(1)
Range
British Columbia to New Brunswick and south to California and Colorado.(1)
Season
Adults fly from mid-July through early September.(1)
Food
Larvae feed on sedges and grasses
Print References
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009 Moths of Western North America, p. 296, pl. 53.21. (1)
Internet References
Pacific Northwest Moths
Moth Photographers Group
USGS-Northern Prairie Wildlife Center: Macromoths of Northwest Forests and Woodlands
Works Cited
1.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
Contributed by Chuck Entz on 19 August, 2007 - 8:27pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, JohnMaxwell22, Randy Hardy
Last updated 28 July, 2014 - 2:36pm

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