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Species Cissusa indiscreta - Indiscrete Cissusa Moth - Hodges#8594

i think this is a correct id based on - Cissusa indiscreta

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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 Erebidae

Subfamily Erebinae

Tribe Melipotini

Genus Cissusa

Species indiscreta (Indiscrete Cissusa Moth - Hodges#8594)

Hodges Number

8594

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cissusa indiscreta (Hy. Edwards, 1886)

Phoberia indiscreta Hy. Edwards, 1886

Synedoida subtermina Smith, 1900 (1) (2)

Phylogenetic sequence #930866

Numbers

Four Cissusa species are found in America north of Mexico.(2)

Size

Wingspan about 35-42 mm. Edwards (1886), (3)

Forewing length 18-20 mm. (4)

Identification

Miller & Hammond (2003) describe the larva as mottled silver, grey and black. (5)

Range

British Columbia to southern California and central Colorado. (6), (4)

Holotype from Havilah, Kern County, California.

Habitat

Dry oak woodlands. (5)

Food

The larvae feed on oak species including canyon live oak (Quercus chrysolepis) and Oregon white oak (Quercus garryana). (4)

Print References

Edwards, H., 1886. Apparently new forms of N. American Heterocera. Entomologica Americana 2(9): 170-171

Miller, J.C. & P.C. Hammond, 2003. Lepidoptera of the Pacific Northwest: caterpillars and adults. USDA Forest Service: 1-323. (5)

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. p.257, pl.43.27 (6)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Pacific Northwest Moths (4)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility (CBIF)

Works Cited

1.	A hundred new moths of the family Noctuidae John B. Smith. 1900. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 22(1203): 413-495.

2.	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 .

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	Pacific Northwest Moths

5.	Lepidoptera of the Pacific Northwest: Caterpillars and Adults Miller & Hammond. 2003. USDA.

6.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 21 December, 2007 - 8:06pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 1 March, 2014 - 11:50am

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