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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 » Anathix » Puta Sallow - Hodges#9962 (Anathix puta)

Species Anathix puta - Puta Sallow - Hodges#9962

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
Noctuidae: Anathix puta - Anathix puta Noctuidae: Anathix puta - Anathix puta Puta Sallow - Hodges#9962 - Anathix puta Anathix puta Anathix puta Anathix puta - Anathix puta Acronicta impleta ??? - Anathix puta Poplar Catkin Moth - Anathix puta
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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)
See Also
Anathix aggressa
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG)
Pacific Northwest Moths
Barcode of Life (BOLD)
Works Cited
1.Peterson Field Guide to Moths of Northeastern North America
David Beadle and Seabrooke Leckie. 2012. Houghton Mifflin.
Contributed by David J. Ferguson on 25 July, 2009 - 3:43pm
Additional contributions by Bob Patterson, Robert Lord Zimlich, Kyhl Austin, Steve Morris
Last updated 11 September, 2022 - 11:40am

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