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Species Mesapamea secalis - Hodges#9407.1

Mesapamea secalis or Mesapamea secalis - Mesapamea secalis

932371.1 Mesapamea secalis 9407.1 - Mesapamea secalis

932371.1 Mesapamea secalis - Mesapamea secalis

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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 Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)

Tribe Apameini

Genus Mesapamea

Species secalis (Mesapamea secalis - Hodges#9407.1)

Hodges Number

9407.1

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Mesapamea secalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Phalaena secalis Linnaeus, 1758 (1)

Range

Recently introduced to the Pacific Northwest, Brtitish Columbia. (2)

Print References

Crabo, L.G. & D.G. Holden, 2020. A Review of Established Accidentally-Introduced Noctuoidea in the Pacific Northwest Region of North America, with First Report of the Eurasian Cutworm Mesapamea secalis (L.) (Noctuidae, Noctuinae, Apameini) for North America. The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 74(2): 95-105.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (3)

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

Pacific Northwest Moths (PNM) (5)

Works Cited

1.	Systema Naturae, 10th ed. Carolus Linnaeus (Carl Linné). 1758.

2.	Annotated checklist of the moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) of Canada and Alaska Pohl, et al. 2018. Pensoft, 580 pages.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

5.	Pacific Northwest Moths

Contributed by Steve Nanz on 19 November, 2020 - 9:51am
Last updated 21 November, 2020 - 5:16am

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