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Species Parascotia fuliginaria - Waved Black - Hodges#8418

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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 Erebidae
Subfamily Boletobiinae
Tribe Boletobiini
Genus Parascotia
Species fuliginaria (Waved Black - Hodges#8418)
Hodges Number
8418
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Parascotia (Linnaeus, 1761)
Phalaena (Geometra) fuliginaria Linnaeus, 1761 (1)
Synonym: Parascotia mineta Franclemont, 1985
Phylogenetic sequence # 930673 (2)
Size
Wingspan: 18-28 mm.
Season
The larvae feed on lichens and mushrooms.
Remarks
Introduced from Europe.
Print References
Linnaeus, C., 1761. Fauna Suecica (Edn 2): 327. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (3)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Works Cited
1.Fauna svecica, sistens animalia Sueciae regni: mammalia, aves, amphibia, pisces, insecta, vermes.
Carl Linnaeus . 1761. Stockholmiae, Sumtu & Literis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Editio Altera Auctior. 1-578.
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 .
3.North American Moth Photographers Group
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 17 July, 2009 - 7:38am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 15 December, 2017 - 9:55pm

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