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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) » Xylenini » Xylenina » Mesogona » Mesogona subcuprea - Hodges#9953.2 (Mesogona subcuprea)

Species Mesogona subcuprea - Hodges#9953.2

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

Mesogona subcuprea pink color phase - Mesogona subcuprea

Mesogona Subcuprea (Pale Pink/Rose form) - Mesogona subcuprea

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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 Mesogona

Species subcuprea (Mesogona subcuprea - Hodges#9953.2)

Hodges Number

9953.2

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Mesogona subcuprea Crabo & Hammond, [1998] (1)

Phylogenetic sequence # 932612

Size

forewing length 19-21 mm (1)

Identification

Detailed description is available in the Mesogona revision (1995) that is linked in citations below. From the key to adults in the revision, the thorax and forewings of subcuprea are yellow-brown with orbicular and reniform spots strongly outlined; the hindwing are uniform copper-colored or reddish without gray scales. (1)

Later comments attributed to Lars Crabo here on BugGuide have subcuprea with pinkish forewings possible.

Range

west coast states - Washington south to southern California (1)

Season

August to early October (1)

See Also

Mesogona olivata has hindwings that are gray or with gray suffusion. (1)

Mesogona rubra has hindwings similar to subcuprea, but the forewings are brownish red to pink, not yellow-brown. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Pacicific Northwest Moths

Barcode of Life (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	A revision of Mesogona (Boisduval) Lepidoptera: Noctuidae for North America with descriptions of two new species Lars Crabo, Paul C. Hammond. 1995. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 34: 83–98.

Contributed by John Davis on 7 September, 2007 - 3:29pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy, Steve Morris
Last updated 4 February, 2023 - 11:40am

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