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Species Lacinipolia quadrilineata - Hodges#10422

Noctuid of some kind? - Lacinipolia quadrilineata Lacinipolia of some kind? - Lacinipolia quadrilineata 958 - Lacinipolia quadrilineata Moth with black to white markings, bushy Lacinipolia quadrilineata Lacinipolia quadrilineata Owlet Moth - Lacinipolia quadrilineata Owlet Moth - Lacinipolia quadrilineata
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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 Eriopygini
Genus Lacinipolia
Species quadrilineata (Lacinipolia quadrilineata - Hodges#10422)
Hodges Number
10422
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Lacinipolia quadrilineata – (Grote, 1873)
Mamestra quadrilineata - Grote, 1873
Numbers
one of sixty-four species in the genus for North America north of Mexico. (a)
Size
wingspan about 28 mm
Identification
Detailed description by Selman (1975) is available at the link in citations below. Selman describes quadrilineata as a "highly variable species" and cautions his description is based on a "typical" specimen. According to Selman, the median area of quadrilineata is darkest with females being overall slightly darker than males. He also characterizes quadrilineata as lacking the reddish-brown tinge of Lacinipolia martini. (1)

Detailed description is also available at Pacific Northwest Moths at link below. Note that PNW Moths describes the median area of quadrilineata males as darkest but concolorous dark with the AM area of females. PNW Moths also reports quadrilineata with reddish brown color across the median area including the reniform spot. (2)
Range
According to Selman (1975) - California to Oregon (1)
According to PNW Moths - California to Oregon and east to Arizona and New Mexico (2)
See Also
Lacinipolia martini is found from Arizona to W. Texas according to Selman (1975, 2001), but BOLD is also showing martini present in southern California. Selman describes and illustrates genitalia differences between these two species. (1)(3)
With potential overlap in southern California, it may be difficult to separate female quadrilineata from martini based upon photos alone.
Print References
Lafontaine JD, Schmidt BC (2010) Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America North of Mexico. P. 95 (a) (PDF download)
Poole, R. W., Noctuidae; Lepidopterorum Catalogus (Lepidopterorum Catalogues New Series Fasc 118) 1989(4)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - species page with photos of living and pinned adults.
BOLD - Barcode of Life Data Systems - species account with photograph of pinned adult and DNA sequence
California Moth Specimens Database - California collection records.
Works Cited
1.Revision of the genus Lacinipolia McDunnough of America north of Mexico (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
Charles Leroy Selman. 1975. OhioLINK Electronic Theses & Dissertations Center.
2.Pacific Northwest Moths
3.Nine new species of Lacinipolia (Noctuidae) from Arizona, California and vicinity.
Charles L. Selman & Ron Leuschner. 2001. The Taxonomic report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 2 (8).
4.Noctuidae; Lepidopterorum Catalogus (Lepidopterorum Catalogues New Series Fasc 118) Part 1 & 2)
Poole, R. W. 1989. CRC Press .