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Species Xylena curvimacula - Dot-and-Dash Swordgrass - Hodges#9874

Noctuidae: Xylena curvimacula - Xylena curvimacula

Dot-and-Dash Swordgrass Moth - Xylena curvimacula

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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

Subtribe Xylenina

Genus Xylena (Swordgrass Moths)

Species curvimacula (Dot-and-Dash Swordgrass - Hodges#9874)

Hodges Number

9874

Food

hardwoods especially alders(Alnus) and willows (Salix) (PNM); also Blue-fruited Dogwood (Cornus amomum) (Jonathan Rosenthal)

Life Cycle

Life cycle images:

larva; older larva; pre-pupal larva; adult

Internet References

Pacific Northwest Moths

MPG

BAMONA

CBIF

Contributed by A.W. Thomas on 6 April, 2005 - 10:25am
Additional contributions by marcie oconnor
Last updated 16 January, 2019 - 4:56pm

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