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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Owlet Moths and kin (Noctuoidea) » Owlet Moths (Noctuidae) » Cutworm or Dart Moths (Noctuinae) » Noctuini » Agrotina » Copablepharon » Copablepharon michiganensis - Hodges#10689.1 (Copablepharon michiganensis)

Species Copablepharon michiganensis - Hodges#10689.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Size · Identification · 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 Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)
Tribe Noctuini
Subtribe Agrotina
Genus Copablepharon
Species michiganensis (Copablepharon michiganensis - Hodges#10689.1)
Hodges Number
10689.1
Size
FWL males = 16-19 mm; FWL females = 18-21 mm (1)
Identification
Forewing yellowish orange with paler yellow streaks on costa, through reniform area and in the fold; PM line represented by series of blacks spots on veins; basal half of fringe concolorous with FW and white on outer edge. Hindwing mainly fuscous with paler shading or white shading near base that can streak outwardly between veins; fringe white. Antenna of male narrowly bipectinate. (1)
Range
Michigan, Wisconsin (1)
Habitat
dunes along shores of Lake Michigan (1)
Season
August (1)
See Also
Copablepharon longipenne is smaller, has more distinct forewing pattern, is not pale in basal area of hindwing, and has fuscous color to basal half of hindwing fringe. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG)
Barcode of Life (BOLD)
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.
Contributed by Steve Morris on 24 November, 2022 - 11:00pm

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