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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 helena - Hodges#10118.2 (Sympistis helena)

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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