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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Bagisarinae » Amyna » Hook-tipped Amyna Moth - Hodges#9069 (Amyna bullula)

Species Amyna bullula - Hook-tipped Amyna Moth - Hodges#9069

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

Hook-tipped Amyna, #9069 - Amyna bullula

Hook-tipped Amyna Moth - Hodges #9069 - Amyna bullula

9069 – Hook-tipped Amyna Moth - Amyna bullula

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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 Bagisarinae

Genus Amyna

Species bullula (Hook-tipped Amyna Moth - Hodges#9069)

Hodges Number

9069

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Amyna bullula (Grote, 1873)

Pteraetholix bullula Grote, 1873

* phylogenetic sequence #931252

Numbers

one of two species in this genus in America north of Mexico.(1)

Size

wingspan 21-22 mm, based on two Internet photos

Identification

Adult: forewing brown with lighter yellowish shading in lower half, falcate outer margin, small pale patch near apex, and white or pale yellow fringe; hindwing brownish-gray with dark PM line and slightly wavy outer margin

Range

Quebec to Florida, west to Arizona and Iowa; migrates north each year in late summer and fall

Habitat

fields, waste places, dry areas; adults are nocturnal and come to light

Season

adults fly from August to October

See Also

Eight-Spot (Amyna axis) forewing is normally all dark (except for reniform spot), outer margin is slightly rounded (not falcate), and fringe is dark gray to blackish (not pale) - compare images of both species at CBIF

Print References

Lafontaine J. D., and B. C. Schmidt 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America North of Mexico. p. 44.(1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - range map, photos of living and pinned adults.

pinned adult image (Bruce Walsh, Moths of Southeastern Arizona)

pinned adult image (James Adams, Dalton State College, Georgia)

presence in Florida; list (John Heppner, Florida State Collection of Arthropods)

presenc in Texas; list (James Gillaspy, U. of Texas)

presence in Iowa; list search on species "bullula" (Lepidopterists Society Season Summary, U. of Florida)

distribution in Canada Quebec only (U. of Alberta, using CBIF data)

Works Cited

1.	Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico. Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 25 October, 2007 - 11:45pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, marcie oconnor
Last updated 28 February, 2016 - 2:05pm

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