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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Apameini » Apamea » Apamea maxima - Hodges#9337 (Apamea maxima)

Species Apamea maxima - Hodges#9337

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Season · See Also · Internet References

1140 Apamea maxima - Large Cutworm Moth 9336 - Apamea maxima

1237 Apamea maxima - Large Cutworm Moth 9336 - Apamea maxima

2206 Apamea maxima - Large Cutworm Moth 9337 - Apamea maxima

Apamea maxima - Hodges#9337 - Apamea maxima

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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 Apamea

Species maxima (Apamea maxima - Hodges#9337)

Hodges Number

9337

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

described in 1904 by Dyar, who originally placed it in genus Polia

Identification

Adult: forewing light brown to orangish with conspicuous black outlines of reniform, orbicular, and claviform spots; claviform spot long and pointed, reaching to PM line; black basal dash, and several dark slender V-shaped markings along outer margin; hindwing pale brown with dark veins and diffuse gray shading

Range

California to British Columbia; type specimen collected in Eureka, California

Season

adults fly in June and July

See Also

other Apamea species lack conspicuous black outlines of reniform, orbicular, and claviform spots (see images of many species by Jim Vargo at MPG)

Internet References

pinned adult image (CBIF)

2 pinned adult images and collection site map (All-Leps)

adult drawing [#32] by Hampson, taken from this page (U. of Massachusetts)

type specimen locality (Markku Savela, FUNET)

presence in California; list of 4 specimen records with dates and locations (U. of California at Berkeley)

presence in Oregon; list citing 8 specimens in collection, including locally collected specimens (Oregon State U.)

distribution in Canada British Columbia only (U. of Alberta, using CBIF data)

author, date, and original genus (nearctica.com)

Contributed by Robin McLeod on 7 July, 2008 - 11:09pm

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