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Species Anathix puta - Puta Sallow - Hodges#9962

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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 Anathix
Species puta (Puta Sallow - Hodges#9962)
Hodges Number
9962
Other Common Names
Poplar Catkin Moth
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Anathix puta (Grote & Robinson, 1868)
Identification
FW is variably grayish brown to pale orange, typically with contrasting pale gray veins. Double AM & PM are filled with pale gray. Angled ML touches blackish spot in inner half of reniform spot. Midpoint of inconspicuous ST is accented with black dots. (1)
Works Cited
1.Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America
David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.