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Species Copablepharon alaskensis - Hodges#10686.5

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 alaskensis (Copablepharon alaskensis - Hodges#10686.5)
Hodges Number
10686.5
Size
FWL = 13-14 mm (1)
Identification
Forewing dull grayish yellow variably dusted with fuscous scales; more yellow and paler along costa, in fold, in ST area and at position of reniform spot; PM line represented by series of black spots; fringe pale grayish green with a few white scales at outer edge. Hindwing even fuscous gray; fringe mainly white with some scattered pale gray-green scales. Antenna of male narrowly bipectinate; antenna of female filiform. (1)
Range
north Alaska (1)
Habitat
dunes south of the Brooks Range (1)
Season
June-July (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.