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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) » Apameini » Lemmeria » Fingered Lemmeria - Hodges#9429 (Lemmeria digitalis)
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Fingered Lemmeria - Lemmeria digitalis
Copyright © 2007 Janice Stiefel

Fingered Lemmeria - Lemmeria digitalis
Town of Baileys Harbor, Hidden Corners Sanctuary, Door County, Wisconsin, USA
September 29, 2002
Size: Wingspan: 7/8 in.
Adult came to night light. ID was made by an expert examination of the specimen. It was a Door County Record. According to "Biological Names and Terms" by Edmund C. Jaeger, digitalis, is a Latin word "pertaining to a finger." This moth likes humid locations, Cattail marshes, peat bogs, swamps, which is what is available here.
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Contributed by Janice Stiefel on 20 September, 2007 - 4:57pm
Last updated 22 September, 2007 - 9:09am

Moved
Moved from Apameini.
… Beatriz Moisset, 22 September, 2007 - 9:09am login or register to post comments

Moved
Duplicate.
… Beatriz Moisset, 22 September, 2007 - 9:04am login or register to post comments

For what reason this species
For what reason this species is placed in the Amphypirinae subfamily? There is only one genus that belongs to this subfamily in North America - Amphipyra. Lemmeria belongs to the subfamily Xyleninae according to AllLeps.
… Jan Metlevski , 22 September, 2007 - 8:16am login or register to post comments

 
Thank you
You people are pretty sharp and quick. I think I found the subfamily on the Moths of Maryland website, too. Otherwise, I couldn't find it anywhere in my books. Thank You! Thank You!
… Janice Stiefel, 22 September, 2007 - 9:34am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
For catching this. Moths of Maryland has it under Amphypirinae. Probably a mistake.
… Beatriz Moisset, 22 September, 2007 - 8:30am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Amphipyrinae.
… Beatriz Moisset, 20 September, 2007 - 6:57pm login or register to post comments

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