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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 » Ogdoconta » Ogdoconta moreno - Hodges#9721 (Ogdoconta moreno)

Species Ogdoconta moreno - Hodges#9721

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

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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 Ogdoconta

Species moreno (Ogdoconta moreno - Hodges#9721)

Hodges Number

9721

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ogdoconta moreno Barnes, 1907

Phylogenetic sequence # 932019 (1)

Size

Wingspan 20-28 mm.

Identification

Adult: forewing light grayish-brown with paler shading in subterminal and antemedial areas, which makes the median area appear darker by comparison; reniform and orbicular spots diffuse, indistinct, barely paler than ground color; AM line curved in a shallow arc; PM line has slight bend but is almost straight; hindwing brownish-gray with pale fringe

Range

Arizona

Season

Poole states "Adults have been collected in July, August, and September." (2)

Food

Poole reports the host and immature stages are unknown. (2)

See Also

Easily distinguished from the other Ogdoconta species. (2)

Print References

Barnes, W., 1907. New species of North American Lepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist 39: 96.

Internet References

Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com) (2)

Moth Photographers Group (3)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)

Moths of Southeastern Arizona (Bruce Walsh) (5)

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.	Noctuidae of North America (nearctica.com)

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

5.	Moths of Southeast Arizona

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 29 February, 2008 - 6:56pm
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 25 September, 2014 - 1:11am

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