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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) » Noctuini » Noctuina » Tesagrotis » Tesagrotis amia - Hodges#10978.2 (Tesagrotis amia)

Species Tesagrotis amia - Hodges#10978.2

Classification · Hodges Number · Identification · Range · Season · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
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 Noctuini
Subtribe Noctuina
Genus Tesagrotis
Species amia (Tesagrotis amia - Hodges#10978.2)
Hodges Number
10978.2
Identification
Description available in MONA Fascicle 27-3 at link in citations below. (1)
Range
Montana south to New Mexico and east to California and Oregon (1)
Season
mid-July to late September (1)
See Also
Tesagrotis piscipellis does not have a unicolorous brown or reddish brown head and thorax as in amia. (1)
Tesagrotis atrifrons does not have a unicolorous brown or reddish brown head and thorax as in amia. (1)
Tesagrotis corrodera has a unicolorous reddish-orange head and thorax as in amia, but has pale shading along the costal area of the forewing that extends to the reniform and orbicular spots. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG)
Pacific Northwest Moths
Barcode of Life (BOLD)
Works Cited
1.The Moths of America North of Mexico, Noctuiodea, Noctuinae, Noctuini (Part), Fascicle 27.3
J. Donald LaFontaine. 1998. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.
Contributed by Steve Morris on 1 April, 2022 - 1:52pm
Last updated 29 April, 2023 - 10:47am

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