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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 singularis - Hodges#10109 (Sympistis singularis)

Species Sympistis singularis - Hodges#10109

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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 singularis (Sympistis singularis - Hodges#10109)
Hodges Number
10109
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Sympistis singularis (Barnes & McDunnough, 1912)
Oncocnemis singularis Barnes & McDunnough, 1912 (1)
Size
FWL: 13 to 14 mm (2).
Identification
See original description in print references below (1).
Range
Records from coastal southern California (2). MPG includes records from Arizona (3).
Season
Records from February to July (2). MPG includes records from September and October in Arizona (3).
Food
Larvae feed on the buds and flowers of Keckiella cordifolia (4).
Print References
Barnes, W.; McDunnough, J.H. "Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America". Vol. 1(5): 14, pl. 2, fig. 6 (1).
Internet References
Species page at Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (3)
Species page at The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
Works Cited
1.Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America (Vols. 1-4)
William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough. 1911. Decatur ILL., The Review Press.
2.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.Larval foodplant records for 106 species of North American moths
Noel McFarland. 1975. Journal of The Lepidopterists' Society 29(2): 112-125.
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 23 December, 2017 - 1:25am
Last updated 25 December, 2017 - 9:06pm

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