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Species Mesogona olivata - Hodges#9953

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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 Noctuinae (Cutworm or Dart Moths)
Tribe Xylenini
Subtribe Xylenina
Genus Mesogona
Species olivata (Mesogona olivata - Hodges#9953)
Hodges Number
9953
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Mesogona olivata (Harvey, 1874) (1)
Glaea olivata Harvey, 1874
Phylogenetic sequence # 932610
Numbers
There are 3 descibed Mesogona species in America north of Mexico. (2)
Size
forewing length 15-20 mm (1)
Identification
Detailed description available in link to the Mesogona revision (1995) linked below under citations. From the key to adult species - hindwing gray or with gray suffusion. (1)
Range
widely distributed in western North America - British Columbia to southern California and east to Idaho, western Montana, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas (1)
Habitat
semi-desert to mesic forest (1)
Season
August to November (1)
Food
deciduous shrubs and trees (1)
See Also
Mesogona subcupreata has copper-colored or reddish hindwings w/o the gray shading seen on olivata hindwings. (1)
Mesogona rubra has forewings and thorax brownish red to pink and copper-colored or reddish hindwings w/o the gray shading seen on olivata hindwings. (1)
Works Cited
1.A revision of Mesogona (Boisduval) Lepidoptera: Noctuidae for North America with descriptions of two new species
Lars Crabo, Paul C. Hammond. 1995. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 34: 83–98.
2.Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.
Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .