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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Condicinae » Condicini » Condica » White-dotted Groundling - Hodges#9690 (Condica videns)

Species Condica videns - White-dotted Groundling - Hodges#9690

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

White-dotted Groundling Moth - Hodges #9690 - Condica videns

White-dotted Groundling - Condica videns - male

white-dotted groundling - Condica videns

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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 Condicinae

Tribe Condicini

Genus Condica

Species videns (White-dotted Groundling - Hodges#9690)

Hodges Number

9690

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Condica videns (Guenée, 1852)

Leucania videns Guenée, 1852

Nonagria indigens Walker, 1857

Platysenta atriciliata Grote, 1874

Caradrina meskei Speyer, 1875

Platysenta albipuncta Smith, 1902

Phylogenetic sequence #931989.

Numbers

Twenty-seven Condica species are found in America north of Mexico.(1)

Identification

forewing yellowish to reddish-brown, with dark brownish to blackish shade in middle of wing centered on a black line extending from base through reniform spot; reniform spot indicated by a white dot, giving rise to the common name; subterminal area marked by dark gray to black lines; terminal line marked by white dots; surface of forewings usually shiny (adapted from description by Lynn Scott)

Range

e. NA (NM-FL-ME-AB) - Map (MPG)

Season

mostly: Mar-Oct (MPG)

Food

Larvae feed on the blooms of asters, goldenrod, and other composite flowers.

Life Cycle

At least two generations per year.

Print References

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

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG

nearctica.com - range map, description and pinned adult.

Barcode of Life (BOLD)

adult image (Larry Line, Maryland)

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 12 May, 2005 - 9:18pm
Additional contributions by Tony-2, Mike Quinn, Maury Heiman, Ethan Kistler, Steve Morris
Last updated 6 June, 2023 - 5:25pm

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