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Species Notodonta pacifica - Hodges#7927

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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 Notodontidae (Prominent Moths)
Subfamily Notodontinae
Genus Notodonta
Species pacifica (Notodonta pacifica - Hodges#7927)
Hodges Number
7927
Identification

N. pacifica "differs from other Notodonta in that the apex of the valvae is greatly swollen and the process of the valva is robust and spatulate; in other species this process is spinose." Fascicle 22.1A
Range
southern BC southward to northern CA; east to western Montana
Season
two broods, spring and summer
Life Cycle
unknown
Print References
(1)
Works Cited
1.The Moths of America North of Mexico. Fascicle 22.1A
Miller, J.S., D.L. Wagner, P.A. Opler & J.D. Lafontaine. 2018. The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.