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Species Copablepharon nevada - Hodges#10686.2

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 Agrotina
Genus Copablepharon
Species nevada (Copablepharon nevada - Hodges#10686.2)
Hodges Number
10686.2
Size
FWL males = 16-18 mm; FWL females = 18-19 mm (1)
Identification
Forewing dark yellow with dark fuscous longitudinal streaks; black spots on veins represent AM/PM lines; fringe basal half pale ocher, outer half white. Hindwing dark fuscous; fringe very pale fuscous on basal half, white on outer. Antenna orange; male narrowly bipectinate; female filiform. (1)
Range
western Nevada (1)
Habitat
dune areas (1)
Season
September (1)
See Also
Copablepharon longipenne is found further east in the Great Plains (1)
Works Cited
1.The Moths of America North of Mexico, Noctuoidea, Noctuidae (Part), Noctuinae (Part-Agrotini), Fascicle 27.1
J. Donald Lafontaine. 2004. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.