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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) » Xylenini » Xylenina » Parastichtis » Suspected Moth - Hodges#9431 (Parastichtis suspecta)

Species Parastichtis suspecta - Suspected Moth - Hodges#9431

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References · Works Cited

Parastichtis suspecta - Hodges#9431 - Parastichtis suspecta

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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 Parastichtis

Species suspecta (Suspected Moth - Hodges#9431)

Hodges Number

9431

Other Common Names

The Suspected

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Parastichtis suspecta (Hübner, [1817])

Noctua suspecta Hübner, 1817

Caradrina iners German, 1817

Noctua congener Hübner, [1817]

Caradrina iners Treitschke, 1825

Oligia karafutonis Matsumura, 1925

Amathes iners f. tibetica Draudt, 1950

Parastichtis suspecta erythema Henriot, 1960

Bryophila discivaria Walker, 1856

Parastichtis discivaria

Taeniosea discivaria Hampson, 1908

Taeniosea perbellis Grote, 1874

Taeniosea gentilis Grote, 1874

Phylogenetic Sequence # 932625

Size

wingspan ≈29–34 mm (1)

Range

Holarctic (1)(2)(3)(4)

Season

Adults may be sighted from late July to August. Larvae can be found from April to June. There is one generation per year in Europe. (1)

Food

The larvae feed on Salix lapponum, Salix caprea and Salix phylicifolia. (1)

Life Cycle

Pupation takes place underground. The species overwinters as an egg on the host plant. (1)

Internet References

Wikipedia

PNW Moths

Moth Photographers Group

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	Wikipedia

2.	Pacific Northwest Moths

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

4.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by tom murray on 22 December, 2008 - 9:25pm
Additional contributions by Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 30 November, 2021 - 9:20am

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