Species Sympistis helena - Hodges#10118.2

Classification · Hodges Number · Size · Range · Habitat · 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 Oncocnemidinae

Genus Sympistis

Species helena (Sympistis helena - Hodges#10118.2)

Hodges Number

10118.2

Size

Forewing length 17-18 mm (1)

Range

southern California - San Bernadino, Mono and Inyo counties (1)

Habitat

high elevations of the southern Sierra Nevada; open pine forest at 2000 meters elevation (1)

Season

late June and July (1)

See Also

Sympistis pallida appears almost identical. It is not clear if the range of these two species overlap or not in southern California.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

Barcode of Life (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	Taxonomy of southern California Erebidae and Noctuidae (Lepidoptera) with descriptions of twenty one new species Tomas Mustelin. 2006. Zootaxa 1278: 1–47.

Contributed by Steve Morris on 3 September, 2022 - 11:20am
Last updated 10 January, 2023 - 11:20am

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