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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Oncocnemidinae » Sympistis » Sympistis pallida - Hodges#10118.1 (Sympistis pallida)

Species Sympistis pallida - Hodges#10118.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Range · Habitat · Season · 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 Oncocnemidinae

Genus Sympistis

Species pallida (Sympistis pallida - Hodges#10118.1)

Hodges Number

10118.1

Range

Great Basin (1)

Habitat

low to middle elevations; dry, open sagebrush steppe and open sage hill in dry forest (1)

Season

late summer to early fall (1)

See Also

Sympistis homogena is overall darker. Troubridge (2008) separates pallida from homogena and gives pallida species status. (2)

Sympistis helena appears to be limited to southern California.

Sympistis khem is not as dark in the ST area, has a narrower FW, and hindwing fringe is noticeably checkered as opposed to the dark gray unbroken medial line of fringe found on pallida. (2)

Print References

Troubridge, J.T., 2008. A generic realignment of the Oncoconemidini sensu Hodges (1983) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Oncocnemidinae), with descriptions of a new genus and 50 new species. Zootaxa 1903: pages 1-95. Plate E, Fig. 16, pg. 79 (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

Pacific Northwest Moths

Barcode of Life (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	Pacific Northwest Moths

2.	A generic realignment of the Oncocnemidini [sensu] (Hodges, 1983) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Oncocnemidinae), ..... J. T. Troubridge. 2008. Zootaxa 1903: 1-95.

Contributed by Steve Morris on 3 September, 2022 - 10:33am
Last updated 10 January, 2023 - 10:56am

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