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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) » Noctuini » Agrotina » Dichagyris » Dichagyris variabilis - Hodges#10889 (Dichagyris variabilis)

Species Dichagyris variabilis - Hodges#10889

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Internet References · Works Cited

unknown sept moth - Dichagyris variabilis

Noctuidae: Dichagyris variabilis - Dichagyris variabilis

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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 Noctuini

Subtribe Agrotina

Genus Dichagyris

Species variabilis (Dichagyris variabilis - Hodges#10889)

Hodges Number

10889

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Previously placed in the Genus Pseudorthosia.

Size

Forewing length from 15-19 mm, wingspan 36-40 mm.

Identification

Forewing is a pale yellowish brown to pale pinkish orange with dark orbicular and reniform spots. Reniform spot is somewhat flattened. Hindwings are whitish.(1)

Range

Western North America from southern British Columbia and Alberta to California, east to Montana, South Dakota, and Colorado.

Habitat

Dry open forests of pine and juniper, and grassy woodlands.

Season

Adults found mainly from late July to early October.

Food

Caterpillars feed on herbaceous vegetation.(2)

Internet References

Univ of Alberta, Gary Anweiler photo

All-Leps

Macromoths of Northwest Woodlands and Forests

Works Cited

1.	The Moths of America North of Mexico, Noctuoidea, Noctuidae (Part), Noctuinae (Part-Agrotini), Fascicle 27.1 J. Donald Lafontaine. 2004. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

2.	Macromoths of Northwest Forests and Woodlands Jeffrey Miller, Paul Hammond. 2000. USDA Forest Service, FHTET-98-18.

Contributed by John Davis on 6 September, 2007 - 4:00pm
Last updated 25 February, 2008 - 5:41pm

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