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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 » Catabena » Fine-lined Sallow - Hodges#10033 (Catabena lineolata)

Species Catabena lineolata - Fine-lined Sallow - Hodges#10033

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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 Catabena
Species lineolata (Fine-lined Sallow - Hodges#10033)
Hodges Number
10033
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Catabena lineolata Walker, 1865
Turbula petraea Walker, 1869
Adisophanes miscellus Grote, 1873
* Phylogenetic sequence #931765.
Numbers
Two Catabena species are found in America north of Mexico.(1)
Size
Forewing length 11-14 mm.(2)
Identification
Adult: forewing light gray with brownish cast, marked with very fine black and white lengthwise streaks; ends of AM and PM lines generally visible at costa but otherwise obscure; terminal line composed of blackish dashes; fringe dark with whitish streaks; hindwing white, with grayish-brown shading preceding terminal line; fringe white.
[adapted from description by Lynn Scott]
Range
Maryland to Quebec and Ontario, west through central and south-central states to California, north in the west to Alberta and British Columbia.
Bug Guide - range map with monthly record of photos submitted to the guide.
Moth Photographers Group - large range map with collection dates.
Season
Most records are from April through September.
California has a single flight from March to August with a few scattered records through November.(2)
Food
Larvae feed on goldenrod (Solidago spp.) and Vervain - Verbena stricta, Verbena urticifolia, Verbena hastata
Life Cycle
Larva; larva; larva; pupal shelter/cocoon; adult
See Also
Catabenoides vitrina forewing has thicker/heavier black lines, and a more southern distribution (doesn't occur in northern states or Canada)

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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. 59.(1)
Powell, J. A., and P. A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. pl. 51.17; p. 285.(2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - range map, photos of living and pinned adults.
Pacific Northwest Moths
BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems - collection map and photos of pinned adults.
iNaturalist
distribution in Canada; list of provinces of occurrence (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 .
2.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 16 February, 2008 - 1:19pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, marcie oconnor, Steve Morris
Last updated 3 June, 2023 - 2:34pm

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