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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) » Noctuini » Noctuina » Abagrotis » Abagrotis benjamini - Hodges#11024.1 (Abagrotis benjamini)

Species Abagrotis benjamini - Hodges#11024.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Abagrotis sp. Moth - Abagrotis benjamini

Abagrotis nefascia? - Abagrotis benjamini

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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 Noctuini

Subtribe Noctuina

Genus Abagrotis

Species benjamini (Abagrotis benjamini - Hodges#11024.1)

Hodges Number

11024.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Abagrotis benjamini Franclemont, 1955

Abagrotis nefascia benjamini Franclemont, 1955

* Phylogenetic Sequence #933663.1

Explanation of Names

Abagrotis benjamini Franclemont, 1955, originally described as a race of A. crumbi Franclemont, 1955, was synonymized with A. nefascia (Smith, 1908) in Lafontaine (1998)(1) and raised to full species status in Goldstein & Nelson (2017).

Range

Coastal Eastern Canada and US

See Also

Abagrotis nefascia is not found in coastal Eastern North America.

Print References

Franclemont, J.G. 1955. A new species of Abagrotis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 50(2): 44–46.

Goldstein, P.Z. & M.W. Nelson, 2017. Two psammophilic noctuids newly associated with beach plum, Prunusmaritima (Rosaceae): The Dune Noctuid (Sympistis riparia) and Coastal Heathland Cutworm (Abagrotis benjamini) in Northeastern North America (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). Zookeys, 661: 61–89.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)

Works Cited

1.	The Moths of America North of Mexico, Noctuiodea, Noctuinae, Noctuini (Part), Fascicle 27.3 J. Donald LaFontaine. 1998. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

3.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Steve Nanz on 9 February, 2018 - 2:18pm
Last updated 14 September, 2018 - 3:34am

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