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Species Copablepharon mutans - Hodges#10686.3

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 mutans (Copablepharon mutans - Hodges#10686.3)
Hodges Number
10686.3
Size
FWL = 15-18 mm (1)
Identification
Forewing yellow or pale ocher with varying amounts of fuscous scales that create streaked appearance; black spots on veins represent AM/PM lines; enlarged yellow patch in area of reniform spot; most forms with thin dark line above cubital vein; fringe basal half pale ocher with outer half white. Hindwing variable from entirely dark fuscous to mottled fuscous with paler patches basally and along wing margins; series of dark spots representing PM line; fringe basal half pale fuscous and outer half white. Antenna black, with male narrowly bipectinate. (1)
Range
Columbia Basin of Washington (1)
Habitat
dunes (1)
Season
late August - early Sept (1)
See Also
Copablepharon columbia is also found in the Columbia Basin, but flies earlier and does not have as much contrast in forewing/hindwing appearance. (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.