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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Oncocnemidinae » Sympistis » Sympistis columbia - Hodges#10118 (Sympistis columbia)

Species Sympistis columbia - Hodges#10118

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · See Also · 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 Oncocnemidinae

Genus Sympistis

Species columbia (Sympistis columbia - Hodges#10118)

Hodges Number

10118

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Sympistis columbia (McDunnough, 1922) (1)

Oncocnemis columbia McDunnough, 1922 (2)

Size

FWL: 14 to 15 mm (3).

Identification

See identification information at Pacific Northwest Moths (PNWM) (4).

Range

From British Columbia south to at least Mono County, California (3).

Habitat

"This species is relatively common in mixed hardwood-conifer forests at middle to high elevations in the Cascades and Rocky Mountains" (4).

Season

Larvae active during June and July, adults on wing from early July to September (3), (4).

Food

Oceanspray (Holodiscus discolor) (3), (4).

See Also

Sympistis cherti

Print References

McDunnough, J.H. 1922."Some Apparently Undescribed Noctuidae (Lepid.)" The Canadian Entomologist, 54: 237 (2).

Troubridge, J.T. 2008. A generic realignment of the Oncocnemidini sensu (Hodges, 1983) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Oncocnemidinae), with description of a new genus and 50 new species. Zootaxa, 1903: 1-95 (1).

Internet References

Species page at Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (5)

Species page at The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (6)

Species page at Pacific Northwest Moths (PNWM) (4)

Works Cited

1.	A generic realignment of the Oncocnemidini [sensu] (Hodges, 1983) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Oncocnemidinae), ..... J. T. Troubridge. 2008. Zootaxa 1903: 1-95.

2.	Some Apparently Undescribed Noctuidae (Lepid.) James Halliday McDunnough. 1922. The Canadian Entomologist, 54: 236-238.

3.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

4.	Pacific Northwest Moths

5.	North American Moth Photographers Group

6.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 2 September, 2017 - 11:15pm
Last updated 16 December, 2017 - 8:44pm

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