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Species Properigea albimacula - White-spotted Properigea - Hodges#9588

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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
No Taxon (Incertae sedis)
Genus Properigea
Species albimacula (White-spotted Properigea - Hodges#9588)
Hodges Number
9588
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
described in 1912 by Barnes and McDunnough, who originally placed it in genus Namangana
Explanation of Names
albimacula: from the Latin "albus" (white) + "macula" (a spot); refers to the conspicuous white spot on the forewing, and is the origin of the suggested common name White-spotted Properigea
Numbers
one of 10 species in this genus in North America listed at All-Leps
Size
wingspan about 29 mm, based on photo by Jim Vargo at MPG
Identification
Adult: forewing dark grayish-brown except for conspicuous white patch in lower half of reniform spot; AM and PM lines toothed, black with pale edging; ST line jagged, indistinct; hindwing gray, paler toward base
Range
California to British Columbia, east to Utah
Season
adults fly from May to September in California
See Also
Properigea niveirena forewing reniform spot is arc-shaped, has central blackish line, lacks white patch, AM and PM lines not edged with pale scales