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Species Sympistis fortis - Hodges#10068

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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 Oncocnemidinae

Genus Sympistis

Species fortis (Sympistis fortis - Hodges#10068)

Hodges Number

10068

Identification

Description can be found at Pacific Northwest Moths. (1)

Range

western Oregon south to Baja California and east to Colorado through southern Nevada and Arizona (1)

See Also

Sympistis picina is generally darker and may be limited to California. See side by side comparison in Troubridge (2008) at link in citations below. (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

Pacific Northwest Moths

Barcode of Life (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	Pacific Northwest Moths

2.	A generic realignment of the Oncocnemidini [sensu] (Hodges, 1983) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Oncocnemidinae), ..... J. T. Troubridge. 2008. Zootaxa 1903: 1-95.

Contributed by Steve Morris on 15 January, 2024 - 2:59pm

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