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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 » Aseptis » Aseptis lichena - Hodges#9574 (Aseptis lichena)

Species Aseptis lichena - Hodges#9574

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

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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 Aseptis

Species lichena (Aseptis lichena - Hodges#9574)

Hodges Number

9574

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Aseptis lichena (Barnes & McDunnough, 1912)

Andropolia lichena Barnes & McDunnough, 1912 (1)

Size

Wingspan: 33 to 39 mm (2).

Identification

See diagnosis in Mustelin & Crabo (2015) (2) as well as the original description (1).

Genitalia:

Range

"South-central California (Tehachapi Mountain Peak, Kern Co.) and north-central California (near Blairsden, Plumas Co., Lake Tahoe, and Yosemite Park). It is also reported from Mount Shasta, Mount Lassen, and other locations in northern California" (2).

Season

Mid-summer (2).

Food

Unknown (2).

Life Cycle

Unknown (2).

See Also

Aseptis pseudolichena, which is lighter in color and flies in southern California.

Print References

Barnes, W.; McDunnough, J.H. 1912. "Fifty new species and varieties". Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America, 1(5): 17, pl. 2, fig. 11 (1).

Mustelin, T.; Crabo, L.G. 2015. "Revision of the genus Aseptis McDunnough (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Xylenini) with a description of two new genera, Paraseptis and Viridiseptis". ZooKeys, 527: 73, figs. 19, 20, 64, 81 (2).

Internet References

Species page at Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (3)

Species page at The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

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.	Revision of the genus Aseptis McDunnough (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Xylenini) with a description of two new genera... Mustelin, T. & L.G. Crabo. 2015. ZooKeys 527: 57-102 .

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Kyhl Austin on 2 January, 2018 - 11:11pm
Additional contributions by Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 12 March, 2024 - 10:03am

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